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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by Retric on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:55AM (#33174494)
Houston‘s sprawl pushes up transportation costs so poor people might have a cheaper car but they are paying more in gas and maintenance. And of course average people care about affordability not just the poor.
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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @07:24AM (#33175377)
But does the low housing cost make up for the transportation cost?

I think the parent commenter did everyone a massive disservice by breaking housing and transportation into two separate categories since they're fungible with each other the same way time and money are.

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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by Retric on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:52AM (#33176183)
Housing and commuting costs play off each other.

Working 3 jobs requires limiting transportation time to have enough remianing time to work multiple jobs. This makes Houston disruptively unaffordable for the working poor in a way that’s less obvious if you look at them combined.

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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by Karrot_Kream on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:56PM (#33182197)
It also makes maintenance time for their cars that much more difficult to schedule around.
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