Cool pics of people using bikes like that! Never knew such set-ups and designs existed. Are there any cities in the US that have people using bikes this way, almost a way of life, like the Chinese. Or are 'Mericans too snooty to ride bikes, transportation of the poor?

I work in a pretty bike friendly city, and I often see chicks in dresses and heels or platforms riding some quaint Europeanish bike down this trendy shopping/busuness area. How do girls do it, ride with platforms? Or even with a skirt, like the pic Leo posted?