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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
I grew up in a city with decent public transporation, so I always took the bus. Once I got to highschool and some people had vehicles we'd always try to support the gas costs of the driver. Bagels and coffee was a usual winner in the am (but that meant we had to leave earlier), but it could be an interesting math and geography lesson for your kids if you had maps, mileage, cost per gallon etc. and worked out how much you spend on them and their trips and how if as a family you worked out ways to cut down on that, money could be spent on something else (like a trip to an amusement park or some kind of fun trip?). I know once I got my license I had to pay for gas, and luckily I had a job, and they covered insurance since I had good grades and got them a discount.
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I do like that idea. Some of it is unnecessary (like when my son forgot a part of his XBox 360 and asked me to bring it to him) but some of it is more necessary (band practice). The Detroit area simply doesn't have mass transportation. It makes sense, since the auto industry dominates, but it's sure a pain in the neck! Our school district area is quite large (compared to where I grew up) so the kids' school is 5 miles from my house. Of course, I live less than a mile from the next district's high school, but that does me no good! They both managed to make a lot of new friends in middle and high school who all live on the opposite side of the high school. If I'd known, I'd have moved over that way instead of buying this house! If I could sell my house for a decent price, I'd move over there!
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