[geeks] Castoffs?

[Erie Patsellis]

Funny thing, I grew up in W. Mass, and everything you'd ever need was 
pretty close by, at worse a 20 mile ride or so. Now, living in Rural 
Illinois, we have one (imagine it, as hard as it is) grocery store, an 
IGA (locally known as thieves are us..) and even with gas prices where 
they are, it still makes sense for my wife and I to drive to the nearest 
med. sized city (Decatur, IL) about 40 miles one way to do our grocery 
shopping. It's not unusual around here to drive 50 or so miles if you 
want a decent paying (not really...) job. I used to drive 80 miles to 
work, one way. When I lived in W. Mass, that would be like driving to 
Boston from Springfield, every day....



erie

 Anthony Ortenzi wrote:
> Sridhar Ayengar said:
>   
>> I'm in New York.  I don't consider Detroit to be "driving distance".
>>     
>
> I live in Greenwich Village and work in the lower part of Midtown Manhattan.
> I don't consider the Upper East Side to be "driving distance". :)
>
> Maybe if I join up with Zipcar...
>
> -Anthony
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