Originally Posted by Austinitegirl

I commute from Hutto to UT campus every single day via 130/290 (and have been making that commute for 12 years). It's actually pretty great once I get away from I-35, and you're WAY wrong about the tolls "bumping your purchasing power." I can tell you EXACTLY how much it costs me per day: $5 x 5 days a week = $25 x 4 weeks = $100 x 12 months = $1,200 a year, which would get you a whopping ~ 5 more square feet of house (at the ~$250-300 per sq ft Austin