http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002792533Oh my.
taterguy (25,841 posts)
How much does it cost you to get to work?
A variation on the gas price theme since I think that's rather meaningless.
We all consume different amounts of gas.
So, on an average day, how much do you spend getting to work?
62 votes, 0 passes
0-$1.00 20 (32%)
$1.00 - $2.00 5 (8%)
2.00 -5.00 17 (27%)
5.00 -10.00 9 (15%)
More than $10.00 10 (16%)
Too damn much 1 (2%)
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BiggJawn (23,036 posts)
1. If you factor in the psychic costs...
It's way too damn much.
Our budget gets cut so much I'm surprised we don't have to bring our own lights from home.
About a gallon and a 1/2 a day of gas.
Nay (4,959 posts)
2. 18 miles to work and back -- about 3/4 gal of gas. Plus $3.00 in tolls. Will be glad to retire and have that money back!
exboyfil (2,156 posts)
16. I am also thinking going down to one car
will save alot of money as well. If I lived alone and did not have to go to work, I would probably go down to no cars and really save a bundle.
JustAnotherGen (3,814 posts)
3. More than $10
I commute round trip 35 miles a day - but I also have upkeep of an Altima (2006 I purchased new). It has 103k miles on it. My parents had one in 1995 they drove for 10 years - then gave to my brother. He killed it at 280K Miles. So - the input of car maintenance (which I do measure weekly) means I don't have to think of another car for 7 or 8 years.
Also - though I live in NJ - I'm commuting from Bridgewater to Basking Ridge. I can't afford to live in Basking Ridge - well I could . . . but then that means I would be living 'at means' instead of 'below means'. And I would still have a two mile walk to work on 'rural roads' i.e. no sidewalks if took the train from Bridgewater or Somerville to Basking Ridge.
riderinthestorm (8,962 posts)
4. I work at home BUT we do have gas usage for tractors here on the farm so my footprint isn't zero.
get the red out (5,501 posts)
5. I'm very fortunate
I drive a hybrid and live about 3 1/2 miles from work. That's just about optimal and I know my case is a very fortunate one.
bhikkhu (6,273 posts)
6. Its a 3 mile bike ride each way mostly on bike trails, so it works well rain or shine or snow. It takes about the same amount of time as driving.
thecrow (4,092 posts)
8. Since 2008? Nothing.
You DO NOT want to know how life has been since.
Hmmmm.
Since 2008?
One wonders what's up with that.....
CTyankee (28,853 posts)
9. I'm with you. I retired in 2004 (forced out, age related).
My psychic cost was the biggest factor. Had a frail, elderly mother and disabled brother plus my 4th grandchild expected in the summer of that year. Time to go on SS and find a part time job, which I had until May of 2007 (illness). Then full retirement. No desire to ever go back to paid employment (I volunteer).
hfojvt (28,726 posts)
10. about 65 cents it seems
5 years is about 1,000 work days, and a new bike is about $650.
rug (37,622 posts)
11. Nothing. It's four blocks away.
flvegan (61,291 posts)
12. Between 7 and 8 bucks.
Add in delays due to knuckledragging mouthbreather troglodytes that can't manage to keep their automobile between two sets of lines without plowing into another automobile.
While I admit that people should have the right to be stupid, it shouldn't cost me time and money.
DotGone (73 posts)
13. Nothing now since I'm unemployed but when I was working, $20/day in gas and tolls
$20/day is a lot when you're only making $8-$10/hr.
Swede (26,464 posts)
14. I estimate $80-100 per month in gas.
That's is a ballpark number,but I have never accurately nailed it down.
SGMRTDARMY (381 posts)
15. Nothing
I'm retired from the Army.
A couple of years ago, I tried to figure out how much it was costing me to get to work, and gave it up.
And even if I'd figured it out, the numbers would be invalid now, given the escalating cost of gasoline under the Magic One's regime.
I do a lot of things, nearly all of them associated with accounting. If such work is around, to keep in shape and mix with the
hoi polloi, the commoners--:whatever:--if the work's there, I'll go out and unload trucks for several days at a time.
No stress, no anxieties, wonderful intellectual inspiration, in doing manual work.
Anyway, it's 17 miles to the nearest "regular" job two times a week, and 130 miles to the nearest "big" job (forensic accounting) upon demand, maybe about four times a month. And there's two other "steady" jobs in between those ranges.
I never did figure it out; only that since January 21, 2009, it's more expensive than ever.
