[emersonbiggins]

An short, terse letter culled from this morning's "Viewpoints" section of the Dallas Morning News.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Gas price leads to move

Exxon wins. We've lived in Garland for 33 years and sent four kids through its schools, but if gas stays at $2.50 to $3 a gallon, we'll be forced to move to walking distance of our jobs in McKinney.

And something is wrong when the price of gasoline dictates where one lives.

J.W. Walters, Garland

[mgibbons19]

Well something is wrong. MR W just hasn't put his finger on it yet.

[bochen787]

an american general once said:
"we will defend against the native americans all the way to the pacific ocean"

for americans, the whore world is there entitlement.

[seahorse2]

This assumes he can sell his house.

It further assumes he can then afford to buy one in town out of suburbia.

Two big assumptions in my opinion. He may be too late.

I don't think he will wake up. I think he will get mad and want to hold someone responsible. He will need a scapegoat, anything or anybody other than his own choices including the car in his driveway. When people ask for scapegoats, I think the gov't will be ready to deliver.

[smallpoxgirl]

Thanks for a good laugh this morning EB.

[mrobert]

It probably those damn [INSERT_FAVOURITE_GROUP_OF_PEOPLE_YOU_DISLIKE] that caused all this.

[pup55]

If my texas geography memory is right, it's about 60 miles through dense suburbia to get from Garland to McKinney.

This guy NEEDS to move closer to work. What's the problem?

[emersonbiggins]

What do you say to someone like this, you know?

"Everything you know and hold so dear is predicated upon a set of circumstances, permanent as they might seem to you, that are about to change... and dramatically for the worse. Now, turn your head and cough."

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', 'I')f my texas geography memory is right, it's about 60 miles through dense suburbia to get from Garland to McKinney.

This guy NEEDS to move closer to work. What's the problem?

[bochen787]

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[pup55]

Hmmm....

Well, whatever you say about Osama, he is at least smarter than the people that are chasing him. My theory is that he is down in Florida somewhere and puts on the fake beard when he needs to make another tape. The rest of the time he is out playing tennis or something.

As to the texas guy:

At 60 miles per trip=120 miles per day commuting, with an average vehicle getting 20 miles per gallon, he is using 1500 gallons of gas per year, in his commute. So, one dollar price increase costs him an additional $1500 per year.

So, this is the amount of money we are talking about, for this guy to stay in his house in Garland. He isn't going anywhere. That place is probably paid for, so there is no way he could live as cheaply in McKinney anyway.

[uNkNowN ElEmEnt]

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