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Originally Posted by geedub
my parents live out of the city, it costs my dad about 15 a day now to drive to work and back. hes working overtime weekly to make up for it, shits gotta suck.
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Similar situation here in Melbourne Australia. I live about 25km from the city in a new and upcoming area (5 years ago my house was a paddock), right on the fringes of the official metro area. People buy here because they can get larger AND cheaper blocks to fit their homes on, but the downside is that for most things they'll probably need to travel further. Rising petrol prices are a serious concern because the benefits of cheaper land are being outweighed by the increasing costs of travel to and from work. Add in several interest rate rises that have happened in Australia within the last few years and some people are in serious trouble.