On the radio over the weekend, they discussed a survey that had come out about gas prices and people’s habits.\u00a0 It was reported that 20% of those responding said they would drive 10 miles out of their way to save 5 cents per gallon on gas…<\/p>\n
For those of us that are mathematically disinclined, the average car would require an 80 gallon<\/strong> tank just to make that little investment break even.<\/p>\n For me, that survey response is not the scary part. The scary part is… how many of these people vote?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the radio over the weekend, they discussed a survey that had come out about gas prices and people’s habits.\u00a0 It was reported that 20% of those responding said they would drive 10 miles out of their way to save 5 cents per gallon on gas… For those of us that are mathematically disinclined, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6140,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6140\/more-on-detriot-change-is-a-four-letter-word-too\/","url_meta":{"origin":3549,"position":0},"title":"More on Detriot: “Change” is a four letter word, too.","author":"John Rowles","date":"December 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Right before I read Thomas Hall's earlier post about his experience in Detroit, a friend sent me the ad below. 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