I'm here in L.A. where it's pretty much near $5 a gallon everywhere but don't mind because I drive responsibly. If I go to the gym, I make sure I go to supermarket, mail letters, do whatever else on way to or from the gym instead of making 3,4,5 trips. I frequently take the bus or rail(and I have a nice 2021 new car), or walk places, so I don't have to go to the gas station very often. Few people in the country can understand the traffic problem of Los Angeles. It is unfucking bearable. WHY? Because stupid fuckers drive miles to a far ass gym to do an easy, flat level walk on a treadmill instead of walking in the most perfect weather in the country near the beach. I have known people that became roommates from knowing each other at work, that work the same hours at the same job location and each drive separately to work instead of carpool because they have different fucking spotify song lists as driving music. Parking is impossible, traffic is shit, the air and smog is bad, road rage is common from the sheer traffic, and no one adjusts their driving habits. I do feel bad for truckers or Lyft and Uber drivers, etc., but for most people, at least here in L.A., they are car addicts. How about the dumb fuckers with no disabilities that circle around parking lots ripping through gas waiting for the closest spots when it's a 2 minute walk from the absolute farthest parking spot? At least on Getbig, someone should be complaining about lean protein foods. Holy fuck have you seen boneless skinless chicken breast prices? Especially with the "free range" scam.
