[Living Free in NH]

If the jobless rate is so damn high, how come my daily commute isn't getting any easier? Actually, I think it's getting worse!

[waterstraat]

Everyone is driving around looking for work.

[waterstraat]

Plus, we let in 57,000 more legal immigrants each and every week, plus nearly that many illegals sneak accross the border. Our population is rapidly increasing/overpopulating, it has nothing to do with how many jobs there are.

[banjo joe]

You nailed it. I live near a small town that relied on light manufacturing and agriculture. Large town 1.5 hours away. The commute is bumper-to-bumper all the way now. Move to the large town? Real estate prices are through the roof!

[hedgetrimmer]

Your commute is getting worse because the people who run your local government do not want you to drive your car. So they do not maintain the infrastructure, they do not invest in growth. They are densifying existing urban areas(claiming they want to stop urban sprawl) so there are more and more people living on less and less land in your area, therefore adding to the crowding on the roads. They are probably giving densification bonuses to developers and landowner so they no longer build single family homes but instead build 2 3 or 4 family structures on what was once home to a single family. They are probably only allowing permits to build on transit corridors (which increases the amount of people that use your highways) and they are probably building the soviet dream, transit hubs, where the shops are the main floor and there are 3 to 6 stories of apartments(not condos) on top of that. Transit hubs are located next to mass transit, and in some places your pledge to use mass transit instead of cars gets you lower rent or access to rent the apartment. They are implementing Agenda 21. They are recreating the lifestyle of the former soviet union and most Americans have no idea its happening.