10th Jul 2010, 13:54
I love when people think it is so easy to find a job 3 miles from home. Well, my wife and I work 40 miles apart, and one of us has to commute. Most areas have business districts, and then the better places to live are miles away in better areas. This is how America is set up nowadays, as we fell in love with the car and now are fully dependent on it.
If you are really only 3 miles from work, then you should be able to get to work in something more efficient like a Subaru. Short trips are never a reason to drive a gas guzzling SUV as far as I'm concerned. Yep, we'd all be close if it were feasible. Do you think people like driving so far to work everyday?
10th Jul 2010, 18:01
I cannot afford to move closer to my work, nor do I want to take my kids out of the school system where I live only to put them in the inner city school systems near my work. I'd rather drive the 100 mile commute everyday and get 40 MPG while doing it. I can go the entire work week without filling up, so it's no big deal to me.
I live in small town in Massachusetts, most roads aren't plowed very well (if at all) and my front-wheel drive Hyundai Elantra has no problems getting through it. I don't even have snow tires and I never have. I drive smarter in the snow instead of believing I'm invincible in a 4WD SUV. Despite some serious snow storms I've been through, not a single one of them has prevented me from getting to work.
10th Jul 2010, 11:23
I agree. I used to drive a total of 160 miles a day to my teaching job in another city. That was an extra 3 hours of my day wasted in traveling, not to mention wearing out my car VERY quickly. I drove a 4-cylinder Mustang to save on gas, but the quick depreciation from high mileage offset any gains. I opted to work nearer to home.