Dammit... it you can afford a giant SUV or Truck ... you can afford 5, 6, 7 dollars a gallon

[womanofthehills]

49. Rural people need trucks and SUV's & retired Dems are moving to the country

I have an older RAV4 - I do not have trash pickup as many rural people. I need to dump my own garbage at the landfill and drive 4 miles down a dirt road to the-main paved road. Definitely need a 4 wheel drive vehicle to get out of here it it rains or snows. Also, during hard rains I might have to drive through a low running arroyo to get out.

I can only afford one vehicle so this is the vehicle I will drive - 90 miles each way if I want to stock up on stuff and groceries from Albuquerque. So I have to tack $50 onto my grocery list for gas. For $35-$40, I could go to Walmart and back which is what many in this area do.

My SUV is An 08 and I do not have money to just buy another vehicle as I’m on SS and still have to do photography to get by. In my rural community the divide is basically half dems and half republicans. Lots of people think all rural people are republicans but lots of city people have retired out to rural areas esp where I live - with fabulous views of the Monzano Mts and expansive vistas. In fact, the closest town to me has about 800 residents and a democratic mayor.

I don’t think the gas problem will make any dems I know not vote democratic- but I think we are losing the independents.