I am lucky that I have the great privelege to both live and work in the city. I go 28th to Park to work and Portland to 26th home. Nice easy little commute. I used to make the reverse commute from Minneapolis to Eden Prairie. On a good day it was a half hour, on a bad winter day it was 2 1/2 hrs. All those years, I dreamed of having a job in the city. I never dreamed of living in the suburbs. I am definately a city girl! And...I wouldn't trade what I have now for the world. I think your right David, that perhaps if the freeways weren't so efficient, that maybe more people would consider living in the city instead of battling that horrible commute everyday. I truly believe we would all be better for it. Is that selfish of me to think that way? I don't know. I know from working in Phillips that almost 60% of the residents do not drive so the freeway isn't serving them. Yet, the people along 18th Street are forced to look at 17 lanes of freeway with more to come in the future. God knows what the air quality is like? Is that fair? And why is it everytime the subject of freeway expansion comes up, everyone living within proximity of it fears theirs will be the sacrificial block? Is that fair? Ask the people along 38th Street. There's my two cents on the issue. Next? Barb Lickness Whittier Ward 6 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/
