Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Suburb Jobs Carry High Price

Andre Smith is clearly a study in dedication, if not exhaustion.

Last summer, he took a job as a personnel coordinator for alocal branch of Matsushita, the Japanese electronics giant. But thefactory was in Elgin and Smith, 29, lived with his mom in EastChatham on the city's far South Side.

To get to work, he'd leave the house at 5 a.m. and hop awestbound No. 87 CTA bus to the Dan Ryan L, which he'd take to AdamsStreet. At Adams, he'd transfer to a No. 151 bus to Union Station,where he'd catch Metra's Milwaukee District West Line and ride to thelast stop.

There, he'd grab a No. 552 Pace bus, which would get him toMatsushita's door by about 8 a.m. - …

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