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We asked whether there is bike parking at the apartment buildings we're looking at renting in in Regina. "We don't typically put out bike racks," said the rep.

I've only lived in the Netherlands for a bit over a year, and I haven't even done much biking around, but I'm already so used to the bike culture here that that response feels really weird to me. Like, how could you *possibly* not provide bike parking? It makes no sense!

*sighs* Welcome back to North American urban planning... It actually makes me a little angry. It doesn't have to be like this.

Getting Our Stuff to Regina

I'm trying to figure out the best way to ship 6 to 8 boxes of stuff to Regina before we get there. I thought maybe we could find a storage facility that will let us send packages to them directly for storage for a fee. From other discussions online, it seems that some places do that and some don't. I contacted one of the facilities in Regina, but the others all require a phone call so I'll have to think about whether I want to bother.

Post office boxes are too small and seem to require in-person application anyway. We could ship it to Danae's parents and then ship it again from there, but the cost adds up quickly.