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Egalitarian Thug

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7. When I lived in Portland, driving in to the office took 40 - 75 minutes and $6.50 to park.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 01:24 PM

Jun 2013

Taking the MAX cost $35 a month and took 22 minutes. Needless to say, my car sat in the garage nearly all the time and I averaged a bit over 4,000 miles a year.

But we mustn't waste money building economical, effective mass transit.

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Dump the Pump today [View all] marmar Jun 2013 OP

I have a 35 mile commute, which usually takes about 50 minutes. Rod Walker Jun 2013 #1

That's assuming you have halfway decent public transportation. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #2

On a spoke and hub system One_Life_To_Give Jun 2013 #3

Wow, no rec's and 3 whines Ron Green Jun 2013 #4

I don't think that pointing out HappyMe Jun 2013 #5

A realisic description of my transportation options is "whining"? Rod Walker Jun 2013 #6

When I lived in Portland, driving in to the office took 40 - 75 minutes and $6.50 to park. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #7

I'm not arguing against public transportation tabbycat31 Jun 2013 #8