“40 mile commute to work (OC, San Diego) = 80 miles per day x 5 days= 400 weekly miles”

How do people get 40 miles from Temecula to San Diego??? I get closer to 61…
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=8149252004434038745,33.510640,-117.117441&saddr=33.512202,-117.107563&daddr=san+diego,+ca&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=13&sll=33.504902,-117.088509&sspn=0.104347,0.160675&ie=UTF8&z=13
and to the OC????
I get over 60 miles one way again…
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=33.516209,-117.100525&daddr=santa+ana,+ca&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=10&sll=33.688924,-117.424622&sspn=0.832991,1.2854&ie=UTF8&z=10

Your looking at at least 120 miles daily total commute to either place.

“I don’t care about gas (both our cars run on 91 supreme). I eat wherever I want and shop at Henrys and Barrons. I rent my lovely 1,850 sq. ft. home for $1,600. and based on median declines I made about $110K this year not buying a home and will be $100 debt free by November.”

… hmm, now that we can clearly see that you “are living the dream”, I only have one question for you .. How much money did you donate to Idol Gives Back?

I generally agree with you though about Temecula.