I’m with mishu on this one. I live approximate 35 miles from my job. I have a nice house, and I live in a place where the cost of living (gas, electricity, even food) is cheaper. So I’m supposed to move closer to work where everything is more expensive and pay 4 times what I paid for my house in order to save on gas? That doesn’t seem economically feasible to me. On top of that, taxes are also higher where I work and in most of the closer surrounding suburbs.
$4.00 a gallon gas compared to, more expensive auto insurance, food, and basic needs, a $$400,000 house instead of a $100,000 house, and property taxes per year of $4000 instead of $1500. I’ll take the gas.
It’s a nice thought, this article, but most of it is next to impossible for the average American to do.
