Nope, our public transport is garbage (REALLY GARBAGE!!) and I spent a year and half commuting 100 miles/day (50 each way) because it was the only programming job I could find when I left University (things were kinda slumpish at the time).Quote:
You guys probably have good public transportation, or if not, don't have to commute so far ?
The truth is that the US public has had it pretty cushy as far as petrol prices are concerned for a long time and you've built your lifestyles based on an assumption that this would continue. Seems like quite a sensible aproach to me so that's not meant as a criticism. However, as world demand increases faster than supply, I'm afraid you're likely to feel the brunt of it and it's gonna hurt for a while. You'll get use to it though.
The best advice anyone who hasn't had the same low prices can offer you is: move closer to your job, that's what we do (my 100 mile commute being an exception, obviously). :)
Nah, contrary to what many of my European compatriates seem to think, America does NOT have a monopoly on *******s.Quote:
I was hoping the decline in real efficiency was limitted to this country
