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curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 51 writes:

> Point 2:
> 	Anyone making more than $X/hour can't afford to spend an extra
> 	hour screwing around with busses everyday.  Their time is
> 	better spent elsewhere.  If gas was $4/gallon like it is in
> 	Europe then X would be higher than 5, which is what it is
> 	here.  Economics 101.

Well, then, X must be more than I make and I'm not doing badly. I take
the bus to and from work, and find it reasonably convenient. There's a
route directly from my apartment complex to the Arboretum (where I work)
and another from the Arboretum to the Drag and downtown. By being
sufficiently organised, I can get to most places at most times. Those
things I can't get to by bus, I take a cab -- but I'll bet I spend far
less on cabs, etc, per month than you do on your car.
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