Quote Originally Posted by GLC1968 View Post
We just put in a offer on a home that is about 16 - 17 miles from our places of work (we work fairly close to each other) so that we could also get about 5 acres. Our realtor knew we wanted to be able to bike to work, so she kept sending us info on homes that were much closer to our offices but that weren't really what we wanted. When we asked to see this place again, she was like "but you can't bike to work from there!". Yes we can. In fact, after having only a 1.5 mile commute for the past few weeks, I'm looking forward to having a longer one! (assuming our offer gets accepted)

It's just such an incomprehensible thing to so many people. I was trying to help a friend come up with ways to save gas and when I suggested biking to work, she flipped. "But we live in the country!". Yeah, she lives less than 10 miles from where she works.
Depending on wind, weight of bike, fitness, that's a 1 to 1.5 hr commute. How many people think nothing of making that long a commute in a car!