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In article >, says...
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> barbie gee wrote:
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> >
> > On Thu, 18 Jul 2013, Jean B. wrote:
> >
> >> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >>> What am I doing that's so unusually efficient, don't most people shop
> >>> with a list? I only keep a list so I won't forget things but that
> >>> doesn't mean I only stick to my list, I typically buy a lot more items
> >>> that are not on my list as once I get to the stores I notice things I
> >>> hadn't thought about. And I'd think by now since the advent of
> >>> ridiculously steep fuel prices folks would have long ago began
> >>> consolidating their shopping trips.
> >>
> >> I guess I have been and am spoiled by the proximity of various
> >> markets. Thus I go to the store quite frequently armed with my list.
> >> I get ca 55 mpg, so I don't seriously dent a gallon even with multiple
> >> trips.

> > I get gas mileage similar to yours (Hybrid vehicle), but I'm in the
> > heart of Chicago, and driving around to stores isn't really much fun. In
> > the last 2 decades, traffic has become "rush hour" almost all day now,
> > and all weekend, too.
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> We are creeping toward that in the Boston area too. Rush hour is
> MUCH more than an hour. It seems to hit my area (ca 20 miles from
> Boston) by about 3:30 and earlier on Fridays. In fact I am
> waiting for it to die down ere I head out with my daughter.

Boston has been that bad since the late 1990's. I recall days when I
worked for a company that had locations in Somerville and Needham and
clients in Boston. I used to dread getting out after 3PM because it
meant I'd be sitting on the lower deck of I-93 for hours.

And I was driving a truck with a manual transmission. Oh joy.

Of course now when I go into boston I just take the MBCR commuter.