NAC: gas prices going up.....more...

[Alex Kowalski]

Yeah, I know.  I did it a couple of times just to see what the difference was.  The difference was, at least on a nice day, that I saw parts of the neighborhoods from where I lived to downtown early in the morning, got a cup of coffee along the way, and generally had a nice time.

But nobody much does that.  Not when they've just spent $40,000 on a new Ford Expedition.  And they live in a luxury high-rise development.  Most of them won't take the bus, or the El.  Furthermore, Chicago has four seasons, and some of them are brutal.  A corporate lawyer is not going to walk to work in a driving rain, or on a 95-degree day.  Once, twice a year, MAYBE.  On the other hand, they might be persuaded to share a ride with someone who works two blocks down a little more often than that.

Let's not let the best become the enemy of the good, so to speak. ;)

Cheers,
Alex


>From kentmclean at mindspring.com  Mon Mar  7 07:29:45 2005
>From: kentmclean at mindspring.com (Kent McLean)
>Date: Mon Mar  7 07:29:47 2005
>Subject: NAC:  gas prices going up.....more...
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>Alex Kowalski wrote:
>> ... trying to get onto Lake Shore Drive for a 3-odd mile trip downtown,

>You could walk that 3-odd mile trip in an hour,
>and not have to worry about a carpool.

>--
>Kent
>'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke


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