Reply #69: I live in the town [View All]

[thinkingwoman]

where I grew up. I left and lived happily in several locations throughout the country, but came back to run the family biz. I lived 6 blocks from my work and never had to drive except to the grocery store.

The biz went under this winter and we are trying to gather the resources to relocate.

I just find it annoying to come across posts that flippantly (and gleefully) announce that people should simply drive less. That's just not an option for everyone, especially those living in rural America. Unless we simply depopulate a large part of the nation, telling people to simply drive less (without providing mass transit as an alternative) is like telling them to piss in the wind.

Will it be an option once we relocate? Absolutely. I'm not stupid. But the money being sucked away from us while we have to commute is actually prolongig the relocation and threatens to put us in a catch 22. I just don't feel gleeful about that.