The price of regular gasoline hovered around $3 last week along Route 29 near the entrance to Piedmont — one of the farthest-flung subdivisions in the region, where two-hour commutes are the trade-off for 4,000- to 7,000-square-foot houses, and where every other driveway, it seems, has at least one SUV.

Although some homeowners were given pause last week, an informal survey of a handful of residents in Piedmont — a development near Haymarket — found that most were as committed as ever to the large-house, long-commute lifestyle that continues to proliferate.

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