Europeans have it so easy...$1.50 for gas? Okay, not really. When you convert everything to gallons and dollars it's more like $9.00 per gallon! The craziest part is the the cars really aren't that tiny here in Berlin. Run of the mill Mercedes, VW & BMW everywhere. I don't know how anyone affords to drive!!!
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it's true that we're total whiners about gas prices in the states. the europeans have been paying out the nose for years. it cracked me up when bush went to the middle east recently to ask them to help us out with our gas price crisis. why should they care? waaaahh!
I think the difference in cost tolerance can be attributed to the amount of driving they do. They can afford gas that is twice as expensive when they drive 75% less than we do in the average year.
When they need groceries in Germany, they can walk to the corner grocer (instead of driving 10 or 15 miles each way to Costco). They live near where they work. And they have mass transit solutions that actually work well.
It's definitely a different lifestyle from California, that's for sure!
Stole the words from my mouth. Walking makes a huge difference, unfortunately the US doesn't have the infrastructure set up for that yet.
even the east coast cities are better in the US in terms of public transit, but only if you live in the city. our american lives are just so car dependant. it's frustrating!
I think I see a cute VW at the gas station. GO VW!!!
when you grown up never having to use public transportation, and everything is so spread out in the u.s., it's easy to get hooked on cars. i'm totally hooked. maybe our gas prices can force us to adapt to another way.
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