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 @02:42PM (#16924662)

I agree with all your points.

But consider the costs of that colocated time. 3 hours out of a worker's day is a lot - they could either do more work (boo) or be less stressed while they work (yay) without that commute. They'd also have fewer sick days (colds don't do TCP).

And the flip side of serendipitous conversations is distracting chatter. Which one affects productivity more?

Oh yeah, and office space costs a lot.

Remote work isn't all roses. But colocation is extremely expensive. The question is whether it's worth it.

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Re:90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housin... by umanwizard on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @05:11PM (#16926211)

Yes if everyone were commuting 3 hours then that would tilt the scales toward telecommuting in a big way.

But 3 hrs daily commute time is still an outlier, even in the Bay Area. Especially since many major companies have shuttles that allow people to use their commute time productively.

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