Long-distance commuters

High gas prices, housing market downturn leave some workers stuck

For Dollie Kinkead, the economic turmoil gripping the country translates into an 80-mile drive each work day from a house she can’t sell to a job she thinks she’s lucky to have.

For Danny Jesse, it means living with his parents and enduring a commute that is at times so costly and brutal that he would rather spend the night in his car.


For Brian and Ronda Mitchell, the combination of high gas prices and a housing market downturn has forced them to make the difficult choice to allow the home they have owned for seven years to go into foreclosure.