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To: Dale Baker who wrote (18518)	5/13/2006 10:42:34 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) of 541806

i somehow doubt majority of suburbs feel let down. I think the opposite it more like it. I live out in chester county 30 miles west of philly. no way would i want to raise children in philly, or educate them in philly school system or pay the highest city income tax in the country and not have police protection. Crime and drugs are higher now than ever. robberies are now day time , armed and numerous. It is not the only city functioning this way and nationally we are not doing a thing about it. Imo this is the biggest crisis in our country not the iraq war or illegals coming across our borders , rather education and crime in our cities. I grew up in the city north of boston. ashes were our grass in 50's. no car, jet engines blasting from local factory (ge) at night. today that neighborhood is all drugs. you do not walk there in day or night time. I raised my kids in the both cities and country. I would take the country life anyday and not one regret. I may spend more for gas to commute which i did back in 70's from ct to scarsdale ny. Those days that was 100 mile trip during allocations, price increases. I chose to make the trip because of housing , schools, and landscape. A better quality of life imo for my family. This fuss over gasoline prices is not the current administration fault. It is a lack of congress over decades of not taking action to prevent this from happening. We also need to look in the mirror and blame ourselves for this problem. I assume the people in suburbs who are upset with gas prices are driving hogs suv's with big engines or vans that suck up gas like no tomorrow. Perhaps with the high prices of gasoline we should take the time to evaluate our life styles and make adjustments.

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