How much do you spend each year on gas?

[Otto Yamamoto]

Shopping carts are not supposed to be taken from the store's property. Or at least that is the case around here.

In NYC many people, myself included, use large folding trolleys to tote things hither and yon. Store trolleys usually are set lock up the wheels outside the store, or in the case of Aldington, they never go outside the store.

STV100-2

[sparker]

Shopping cart theft is a big deal out here in San Jose; one of the places at which I regularly shop (the WalMart "Neighborhood Grocery" -- their prices are more than competitive!) has the "locking wheel" system in place with sensors around the periphery of their parking lot (shared with about 10 other businesses).  It seems that at any given time about a third of their cart fleet is parked by the service entrance to the store with the locking wheel & its mechanism missing (likely being reset); I've seen their carts (obviously someone pushed them along locked wheel notwithstanding!) abandoned on sidewalks on the same street on which my office is located (about 6 blocks from the store) -- and I've seen the Wal-Mart van cruising around looking for them!  One of the managers at the store mentioned to me that they might be secreting GPS chips in the carts later this year under a pilot program.  I guess the personal "shopping carts" as pictured in the above posts just don't have the capacity local non-car-owners require!

Re the OP: if this heat wave keeps up, my fuel bill will probably be going up by about 25% (the additional to operate the vehicle's AC!).

[Roadgeekteen]

Shopping carts are not supposed to be taken from the store's property. Or at least that is the case around here.

In NYC many people, myself included, use large folding trolleys to tote things hither and yon. Store trolleys usually are set lock up the wheels outside the store, or in the case of Aldington, they never go outside the store.

STV100-2

How is locking up wheels possible?

[jakeroot]

Shopping carts are not supposed to be taken from the store's property. Or at least that is the case around here.

In NYC many people, myself included, use large folding trolleys to tote things hither and yon. Store trolleys usually are set lock up the wheels outside the store, or in the case of Aldington, they never go outside the store.

How is locking up wheels possible?

The carts are equipped with remote locking mechanism that activates when the cart passed over a boundary line. The line is typically an embedded cable.

[catsynth]

I haven't calculated entirely, but I'm sure my annual fuel bill is less than 1 month of mortgage + condo dues + property tax.

[jakeroot]

I haven't calculated entirely, but I'm sure my annual fuel bill is less than 1 month of mortgage + condo dues + property tax.

I'd imagine most Bay Area residents can drive just about anything, and not worry about the running costs. I've heard the cost of living is pretty insane.

[AlexandriaVA]

I haven't calculated entirely, but I'm sure my annual fuel bill is less than 1 month of mortgage + condo dues + property tax.

Methinks this is more about real estate prices than gas costs.

[briantroutman]

I've heard the cost of living is pretty insane.

When I subleased my tiny Marin County studio apartment for half a year while I had to spend some time in Los Angeles, I had people showing up with cash in hand ready to take the apartment no matter what it looked like.

Just down the street from me, a new apartment complex was just being completed when I left–with rents for one-bedroom apartments starting at $3,700. I've typically heard that you should spend no more than one-third of your gross income on housing. So with a $135,000 salary (which is still above both the median and average household incomes even in wealthy Marin), you'd just qualify to rent a one-bedroom apartment in my old neighborhood.

[AlexandriaVA]

The "1/3" rule is pretty useless in high-income areas.

[catsynth]

I haven't calculated entirely, but I'm sure my annual fuel bill is less than 1 month of mortgage + condo dues + property tax.

Yes, cost of living is pretty insane here.  Car costs are a drop in the bucket in comparison, even with higher-than-average gas prices.  Fortunately,  I can walk to work.  For further afield transportation within the city, it's a mixture of public transit, Lyft, and taking my car when I really need to schlep stuff like musical instruments to a gig.
Methinks this is more about real estate prices than gas costs.

[jakeroot]

I've heard that, in Seattle, some people spend up to 50% of their salary on housing. The Seattle housing market is also pretty expensive (although San Fran is one level above AFAICT).

[epzik8]

About one bajillion dollars.

[Roadgeekteen]

About one bajillion dollars.

not a number.

[Max Rockatansky]

About one bajillion dollars.

not a number.

Says the guy who likely pays $0. 

[vdeane]

I think we can safely restrict our answers to the set of all the non-negative rational numbers (but is there even reason to reply if the answer is in that set but not the set of all the positive rational numbers?).

[hotdogPi]

I think we can safely restrict our answers to the set of all the non-negative rational numbers (but is there even reason to reply if the answer is in that set but not the set of all the positive rational numbers?).

No irrational numbers? While the cost has to be rational, the number of years does not have to be.

[xcellntbuy]

$700 per year.

[vdeane]

I think we can safely restrict our answers to the set of all the non-negative rational numbers (but is there even reason to reply if the answer is in that set but not the set of all the positive rational numbers?).

No irrational numbers? While the cost has to be rational, the number of years does not have to be.

The thread says "each year", so I think we can safely assume that "number of years" is equal to 1.

[Roadgeekteen]

About one bajillion dollars.

not a number.

Says the guy who likely pays $0. 

0 is a number. Also, when I buy something at a store, I am likely paying for someone's gas.

[Max Rockatansky]

About one bajillion dollars.

not a number.

Says the guy who likely pays $0. 

0 is a number. Also, when I buy something at a store, I am likely paying for someone's gas.

That's like updating your weather conditions several times a day.

[Roadgeekteen]

About one bajillion dollars.

not a number.

Says the guy who likely pays $0. 

0 is a number. Also, when I buy something at a store, I am likely paying for someone's gas.

That's like updating your weather conditions several times a day.

How is that related?

[Max Rockatansky]

About one bajillion dollars.

not a number.

Says the guy who likely pays $0. 

0 is a number. Also, when I buy something at a store, I am likely paying for someone's gas.

That's like updating your weather conditions several times a day.

How is that related?

Because they are both posts lacking substance.

[Eth]

My total gas costs for the past 12 months were $412.13. I probably only drive something like 6,000 miles/year or so.

In contrast, it was $512 for public transportation, and roughly $2000 in car expenses not directly related to driving (insurance, registration, and a new set of tires I needed last summer).

[Roadgeekteen]

About one bajillion dollars.

not a number.

Says the guy who likely pays $0. 

0 is a number. Also, when I buy something at a store, I am likely paying for someone's gas.

That's like updating your weather conditions several times a day.

How is that related?

Because they are both posts lacking substance.

Then why does anyone post their?

[Max Rockatansky]

About one bajillion dollars.

not a number.

Says the guy who likely pays $0. 

0 is a number. Also, when I buy something at a store, I am likely paying for someone's gas.

That's like updating your weather conditions several times a day.

How is that related?

Because they are both posts lacking substance.

Then why does anyone post their?

Usually they only post significant changes in the weather and not several times a day when minute changes happen.