One of the best rewards for making making the 28 mile trip to my parent’s house in Hacienda Heights, an unincorporated LA County town, is the cheap(er) gas. I feel like I’ve gone back a couple months when I see the prices in HH.
I have plenty of other reasons to venture into the suburbs (parents, siblings, extended family, grandparents, the dog, free laundry, home-cooked meals, home-grown avocados, plain boredom), but saving money almost makes sitting in traffic worth it.
I noticed when I went to Ojai last week that gas was much cheaper just over the county line. I’ll have to remember that on my next road trip (I usually fill up before I hit the road).
it’s kinda sad that $2.82 is “cheap” now… I’m thinking of trading my fairly new car in for one of the new civic hybrids.