90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housing shortage intensifies

Re:90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housin... by nathan_long on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @01:46PM (#16924082)

Yes, I feel sorry for people whose jobs actually require them to go somewhere, and who are stuck in traffic behind a thousand nerds whose jobs arbitrarily demand a commute, and who have to compete with those highly-paid nerds to buy a house.

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Re:90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housin... by kolpa on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @02:05PM (#16924284)

> whose jobs actually require them to go somewhere

This jobs exist where they are because the "nerds" work there. They could choose not to work at those nerd-service jobs (forcing nerds to buy there food closer to home) or form a union to demand higher pay, or organize and build housing there.

Also, "nerd" is unhelpful trash talking.

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Re:90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housin... by nathan_long on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @02:47PM (#16924720)

> This jobs exist where they are because the "nerds" work there.

Right. And here's one nerd who goes to lunch a couple times a week in a not-huge town far from the Bay area, supporting the ability of restaurant managers to not live there, either.

> Also, "nerd" is unhelpful trash talking.

I meant it to be humorous but not derogatory. I'm a programmer.

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