I was born in a 3rd world country, I grew up sharing a squatting toilet & outhouses with no running water.
Bicycles, mopeds, motorcycles out number cars about 10 to 1 where I grew up.
My older sister carried me (7 y-o) and my other sister (13 y-o) on her moped in traffic since she was 17. My father used the same moped carried my whole family.
I started to learn French & English since I was 8, because my mom was a teacher and hosted foreigners to live in our family home.
I got to see pictures & learn about things from different parts of the world when my mom had foreign students come to stay with us and I wanted to see the world for myself.
She knew since we were little kids how important it is to have foreigners in our lives, to be exposed to different things that what we are used to.
We didn't have everything we wanted growing up, but we managed to get by with what we have and make do with what we can.
And I somewhat stick with train of thought when it comes to bicycles these days; it's not how fancy your bike is, but how much you get to use it.