I have a friend who supports herself and 3 children on Social Security Disability. The only subsidized housing she was able to find was in a town about 10 miles outside the city, with no bus service. She spends a big portion of her fixed income on a car and gasoline. I don't see much choice for her. Do you?
That's a big problem that goverment should seriously be looking at. She's caught between a rock and a hard place through no fault of her own. There should be some subsidized housing within the city or at least somewhere with decent access to a mass transit system. Could she move to a city that has better services? I assume in her situation that's not possible but I'd assume I couldn't get any worse..
BTW,
just this morning gas prices jumped about 50 cents to an average $3.90 in my metro area, according to the noon news on TV.