I often talk about living in the city and how I choose to live close to my work. Some people just don't want to live intown, and that's understandable. But frequently I hear someone say that it's unaffordable. Thing is, I think the living expenses intown are offset (to some extent) by fuel savings. I wonder how this math actually works for those on this email list?
According to this article, the average American spends $4,155 on gas last year. http://bit.ly/zi0RFi I use the same Credit Card card for gas 100% of the time, so it's fairly accurate when I say I spent about $1,400 on gas in 2011. That's $2,755 a year less than the average American. I'll assume that represents the average suburban commuter. So - breaking this math down differently, that's about $230 a month savings - and that's just gas. Factor in the rest of auto maintenance and it's probably about half again as much. Maybe $350/month savings because I have such a short commute. So really, all else being held equal, I can afford to buy $350 a month more house/condo/apartment than my counterparts in the burbs. This means I'm probably renting or owning a place about the same size as they are, only it's intown, I can walk alot of places they have to drive, and I don't live in my car. But, snide self-justifications aside... I wonder - what did you pay for gas last year? Anyone looked? I'm curious... 1) How much did you pay in gas in 2011? 2) How far is your commute? -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347727 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
