A 1hr commute represents 16% of your day, how much of my day should be wasted commuting
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Living in walkable area - luxury Having a good commute - luxury
As if the entire system is designed around somebody else's needs
take the train Jane (refresh your brain)
Just get on the bus, gus
I don’t think people who made this law ever lived in Toronto. I used to do a 90 minute commute each way, 2 hours easy during afternoon rush.
My company closed its Scarborough location, they opened a new plant in Hamilton. I was going to commute to the new plant. Everyone, including upper management told me how stupid that was. We have to run our logistics during the night because the truck drivers refused to drive in traffic during the day. Truck drivers... How bad is the traffic if truck drivers are refusing
Looks at Toronto and 3 hour commutes…
I spent the first 10 years of my working life in commuting traffic hell, where a 26km drive took 2 hours in a superdense megacity. I bought a condo 1km away from work when I could finally afford it. WFH, which I have been doing the past 8 years or so has done wonders for my sanity. And even then, I’m now in a place where an 18 mile drive to the office takes 30 mins in regular traffic.
My dad commuted 2.5 hours each way my entire childhood. All through the 90's. It wasn't until DSL got to my parent's area in the 2010s and I was out of college that he could work a hybrid schedule. I couldn't do it. I work 30min away, hybrid 2/5 of the time. It's still more time than I want to soend in the car.
Guess my hour+ ebike commute is doomed to fail then.
Good luck. I enjoy doing that several times a month on my ebike but five times a week isn't my jam. I'm moving in a few months and my 10 minute commute is going to 45+ minutes... I'm probably going to look for something closer (or wfh) rather than try to do that in January. Helps that my boss's boss is an asshole and I'm not paid that well.
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