"have to" or gets to

It's all a matter of perspective

Even aspects of the National Harbor lifestyle that many would find an inconvenience Toole sees as a plus, like having to bike over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge for groceries.

But if he sees it as a plus, then he thinks he "gets to" bike over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge for groceries. Which, as bike rides go, is not so bad (at least until winter when snow piles up on the bridge).

Comments

[Scott]

Uh, what? If National Harbor had its own grocery store, this man would still "get to" bike the bridge if he liked, but he wouldn't "have to."

Where's the article we're nitpicking about, anyway?

[Washcycle]

I guess I was just making the point that they worded it as a hardship, and he doesn't see it that way. Link added.