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To: VaBthang4

Yeah, but is it anywhere near where one needs to be to work?

It does raise a good question - is it worth it to have a detached home with lawn to spend 3 or 4 hours a day commuting in your car? I used to have a round-trip commute of about 120 miles and 3 hours, and it really took it out of me. However, like a lot of other people, I hate apartments and I’m lukewarm about flats, townhouses, condos, etc - probably because I was raised in the typical suburban home myself. It’s a conundrum. Still, as long as they’re not suggesting the government do something to force (or “encourage”) people to make this choice, I can’t see anything wrong with advocating it.


21 posted on 09/21/2007 2:30:50 PM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
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To: -YYZ-

If fewer people lived in cities, and more lived in small towns — then we could have the lawn without the long commute.

With modern communications technology, there’s no reason for most workers to be concentrated in large urban areas.


26 posted on 09/21/2007 2:39:56 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: -YYZ-

I’m the same way. I’d be OK in a townhome if it were in a decent community and the HOA not too nuts, but I grew up in a traditional suburban rancher home...and I guess my bias is in that direction.


36 posted on 09/21/2007 2:49:53 PM PDT by RockinRight (Can we start calling Fred "44" now, please?)
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To: -YYZ-

Bro, it is not that extreme. Nice try though.

I live on 19 acres in a four bedroom, three bath carbon footprint and am a half an hour from my office [inside the city].

For Liberals inside the bubble, this is a problem...for the rest of us...it is a joke.

Rule of logic that Liberals constantly break...you cannot speak from the specific to the general.

Just because it is a problem for some of them does not mean it is really a problem for everyone else.


77 posted on 09/22/2007 6:49:51 AM PDT by VaBthang4 ("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
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