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Re:Higher-paid, faster-growing tech jobs are concentrating i... by j7ake on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:20AM (#14872572)
There is a cost to having to commute more than an hour to work compared to living 5 minutes to work by walk. Once you try the difference you won't go back unless there are serious economic differences between the two choices.
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Re:Higher-paid, faster-growing tech jobs are concentrating i... by camiller on Friday July 28, 2017 @11:18AM (#14874843)
Read this article the other day. Makes my 25 min commute seem like a cakewalk.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/realestate/extreme-commut...

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Re:Higher-paid, faster-growing tech jobs are concentrating i... by throwanem on Friday July 28, 2017 @08:31AM (#14873720)
An hour commute by foot and train is not at all the same animal as an hour by car. Only the latter is wasted.
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Re:Higher-paid, faster-growing tech jobs are concentrating i... by closeparen on Friday July 28, 2017 @01:38PM (#14876031)
The options available when standing on a train (podcasts) are about the same as driving (radio). If you're talking about a train with 1:1 or better seats per passenger, though, sure.

I've had an hour-long walking and train commute for the last year, and by the end was extremely burnt out. Moved to a smaller and more expensive place in the city with a 15 minute bike ride and couldn't be happier.

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