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Re:Why Do We Still Commute? by marcosdumay on Friday November 03, 2017 @10:58AM (#15619637)
> Too bad just paying poor people not to use the bridge isn't politically correct.

Why does nobody ever try free public transportation? Paying the poor brings a lot of practical issues, but at a minimum you can make them not pay for taking the long route.

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Re:Why Do We Still Commute? by dsfyu404ed on Friday November 03, 2017 @11:13AM (#15619758)
> free public transportation

Because someone has to pay for it.

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Re:Why Do We Still Commute? by marcosdumay on Friday November 03, 2017 @11:19AM (#15619816)
And yet, here we are, paying it through the nose by losing time in transit, and contemplating wether it would be a moral thing to pay poor people into taking a longer route.
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Re:Why Do We Still Commute? by JBlue42 on Friday November 03, 2017 @02:31PM (#15621299)
Yeah, commute times are lost productivity. The stress factor can lead to health problems. Society will always pay a cost.
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