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Actually Mike started work at 5am and worked to 4pm 4days a week. It's hard to get rid of a car when you owe more than its worth (which is pretty much anybody who buys a new or used car at a dealership). My point isn't that we all should start driving 3hrs a day to work. It is that sometime we have no choice.
I know as Americans we all have many more choices than most people in this world, but the number of choices varies greatly on the line of work your in. Now of course a bartender can find a job anywhere, but in manufacturing there isn't a factory on every corner. Just think of construction workers, they rarely work in the same spot for more than a few months. Are they suppose to move to every job site?
The more things I go through in life the more I am able to emphasize with others. It is always easy to be critical of others until the same thing happens to you. I have no desire to judge anyone. What if Mike had roots in the community? Some people like where they live too much to move. I know that if I lost my job I would be alright. Because since its happen once I now plan for it. Industries like manufacturing, construction, sales, technical services,etc. are cyclical and require flexibility. So even if I was working from home I would still want the piece of mind that a 100mpg+ plus vehicle brings.
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