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Re:Being poor changes your thinking about everything by teddyh on Friday September 13, 2013 @10:36PM (#6384421)
Things like grocery stores tend to be further away in the US, thereby costing more fuel to get to.
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Re:Being poor changes your thinking about everything by HarryRotha on Saturday September 14, 2013 @02:36AM (#6384889)
The nearest grocery store to my house is about 35 miles away. The nearest Sams Club (big discount grocer) is about 60 miles away.
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Re:Being poor changes your thinking about everything by msprague on Friday September 13, 2013 @11:59PM (#6384597)
From the data I've found, this is incorrect. The average US household spends 4% of it's pretax income on gas, whereas the average British household spends around 10%

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=9831

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-2127644/Worl...

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Re:Being poor changes your thinking about everything by tsotha on Saturday September 14, 2013 @12:07AM (#6384612)
That may be true, but we're not talking about the average household.
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