Hey East Hill, thanks for the welcome.

I never said that a BMX bike can't be used to get around, I was just mentioning that my friend said it wouldn't be wise to use a BMX bike to commute to work an all. I'm looking at it as I would get good exercise either way. Plus I would want to use this bike for recreation. About the hills.....I would say there is about one real good hill on my way to work. About carrying everything, I don't need anything for work besides myself and my ID badge, so that's nothing to worry about, however I would use a backpack if I needed to bring more things with me to where I was going.

Also when you say MTB, do you mean Mountain Bike?