“The hack I want to do is carpool,” said Alexa Lopez. But she hasn’t found a viable option near where she lives in Kissimmee, Florida. She has a long commute. From her home to work at a plumbing company in Melbourne, it’s 51 miles daily. So, to save gas money, she reduced her extracurricular driving and some more important activities.
Lopez, 30, went to a grocery store without thinking. Currently, she only goes every two weeks because of her inflation and the high prices to go to the store. Earlier, she said she would buy “everything” for her son, including snacks like chips. But she said, “I can’t buy them too much anymore.”
“I feel almost like an average American right now. I’m having a hard time,” she added.
For the first time in a few years, some who have done relatively well face severe trade-offs. As the war and pandemic in Ukraine continue to disrupt the economy, there is growing concern that the US economy may be on the verge of recession. People are working to make commuting easier. Family visits are kept to a minimum. Future savings are being poured towards soaring food prices. It was a great shock.
Elizabeth Jervik, 26, a graduate student in materials science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is closely watching her budget. She recently started riding her bike to campus. She also used her parents’ Kroger fuel points to fill up Honda’s tanks in 2005, reducing her weekend voluntary trips and working from her home more often. started.
Hjelvik recalled when she and her partner recently drove back from a trip to Fort Collins, Colorado, about 50 miles away, saying: .. Her family lives in New Mexico, within a driving distance of Boulder. “Ideally you could go see me more often, but that’s a lot of gas,” she said.
Caitlin Thomas, a 25-year-old medical trainee in Horseheads, New York, said he sometimes googled gas prices in nearby Pennsylvania. She also has a running notebook on her cell phone that keeps track of what’s being advertised at the stations she passes through while commuting. Next week she will move to Sayre, Pennsylvania to live within walking distance of her work.
