Are these homes worth 65-mile commute?

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124. "...and the average car getting about 23 miles per gallon..."

That's just an aside comment in the OP article, but to me it's at least as shocking as San Diego housing prices.

I was disgusted when I went shopping for a hybrid a few months ago. I could clearly see, walking through the dealership parking lots, that what was really being pushed hardest were the rows and rows of 16-18 MPG trucks and SUVs.

It's bad enough that people have to waste so many hours every week commuting for affordable housing, when you add all that expense for gas, the terrible fuel efficiency of many of the vehicles being used, and all that CO₂, it's appalling.

I'm thrilled to not only have a hybrid now, but a plug-in hybrid. I've gone over nine weeks, and around 2100 miles, since my last fill up, and still have a bit more than a quarter tank left. That shouldn't be remarkable. We need that to be commonplace. Even with high New England electric rates, distance covered by electrical charging costs me only about 60% of buying gas, and given the mix of power sources around here, has a much lower carbon footprint.