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Originally Posted by chardog
My neighbor lives 2 miles away from school. Her mother takes her to school and goes home. She picks her up after school to bring her home. 8 miles a day could be saved. 40 miles a week. That is a possible significant savings they could have. With their SUV, they could save 4 gallons a week.
that would increase productivity. Their daughter should take a bike to school. 1 person, 4 miles total commute, rather than 2 people 8 mile commute. Time for commute would be less with the bicycle since traffic is bad near the school zone.
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I don't know where you live, but no one is going to let their daughter ride her bike to school, especially in the city.
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Originally Posted by chardog
This may not be a likeable solution, but it's still a solution. People tend to live far for affordable housing... now that gas is not very affordable, living close may not be a bad idea. it comes down to either the house bleeding you dry or gas bleeding you dry.
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the savings from gas is nowhere near the savings from your mortgage; not in L.A. anyway. I think people are really starting to blow this gas price thing out of proportion.
Let's keep things in prospective here, this is not tens of thousands of dollars here. It's an extra $2/gallon. If you fill up a 15 gallon tank twice a week that's $3k/year. You cannot compare that to savings on housing, especially if the factors are not only cost but crime, and schools.