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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:45 AM Original message |
Husband commutes 220 miles a day, wife commutes 160, and they complain about gas prices |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. I can sympathize |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. There are other places to live besides California. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Not for me--not in this country. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. I love California dearly. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I've lived in Austin |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. I did that before |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not unheard of in Calif.. I used to commute 57 miles one way (going east) |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. Oh, cry me a river |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Your caring and concern for your fellow man is touching |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. They knew what they were getting into |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. dude that's no way to make a point |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Isn't there a finite number of places to live in any city? What would |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So we must be compassionate about greed? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. exactly. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. No. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. you're telling me |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Your experience? |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. What has the median income in Los Banos have to do with this? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Median income is based on residents, not employees. |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. But their income is outside Los Banos. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Actually, it would |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. And we don't know what their income is, or where in the median it lies. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Medians can be a tad confusing |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I know. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. And you can't assume they are not McMansion people |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. As companies downsize, employees have no choice--either go to the new locale or be unemployed |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I find that difficult to believe in this case |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. Golf TDI is about as high a mileage care you can drive... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. I commuted 140 each day for a few months |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. ouch!! That's does indeed hurt. n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Wow at that rate you'd have to buy a new car every year. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. My neighbor does just that |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
15. What are "Los Banos" anyway? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. 'The Baths' |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. The bathrooms? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, and they probably live such incredible distances from their jobs because |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yeah no kidding |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. Its tough |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. Lifestyle? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yeah pretty much |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I knew plenty of people who lived like that in California. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. But... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
37. I drive my company owned 18 wheeler 3000 miles a week and average 5.5 MPG. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
41. Wow. Between the two of them, they use more fuel in one day |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
43. I live in MI and the only job offer I've gotten so far was 100 miles away |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
47. I don't care where a person lives, if they travel more than |
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