Article: HOMEOWNERS AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS SUGGEST GAS COSTS MAY HAVE HURT THE APPEAL OF HOMES OUTSIDE MADISON ONCE PRIZED BY THOSE WILLING TO DRIVE FARTHER TO WORK.(FRONT)

Byline: MARV BALOUSEK mbalousek@madison.com 608-252-6135

Anne Ruzicka said she did a lot of number-crunching before buying a home in Prairie du Sac in April.

She previously lived in Spring Green and Mazomanie and missed the sense of community in a smaller town. She calculated the cost of commuting about 50 miles round trip to her job as senior education specialist at UW Hospital using the spring gas prices of $3.25 to $3.45 a gallon.

But when gas reached $4 a gallon last month, she said, she began having regrets about moving from her Middleton apartment.

"I was betting on the fact that gas prices were going to level off," she said. "Had I read the handwriting ...

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