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The main road is 6 lanes with no crosswalks.  At times it is stop and go with people doing u-turns, right turns on red, and left turns. Other times everyone is going 50 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Will I survive? Will there be places to lock up my bike? How much weight will I lose? And how much money will I save on gas?  I will be letting you know.<\/p>\n<p>   <!--adsense--><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li>No Related Posts Found! Go find some...<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have just been laid off of my consulting job. I figure something else will come up and I have my resume everywhere. But if you know of something let me know&#8230;. So my new plan is to see how long I can go without my car. 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