On Apr 28, 2006, at 11:16 AM, graywolf wrote:
Unfortunately in 99% of the US today an automobile is a necessity not a luxury. That said, do not believe that price does not affect gas usage.
I find that Europeans and people from the UK who have not been here generally just don't understand this about the USA. Things are far apart here, and for the most part we don't have transportation alternatives. Most of us don't have access to passenger train service. Bus service is very limited, and very slow. It's driving in our cars or not getting there.
I had some friends from Germany who were coming to New York on holiday and they thought they would just pop down one day to visit me in Virginia while they were here. Once they realized how long it would take to get here that plan evaporated.
Bob
