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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by ip26 on Friday December 28, 2018 @07:18PM (#18780594)
The weird thing is how much time Americans are willing to waste on a commute.

Some studies have basically found that people chronically overvalue how happy a nice house will make them, and undervalue how unhappy a long commute will make them. I don't know if Americans are uniquely guilty of this, but humans are prone to lots of little errors like this.

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by throw0u1t on Friday December 28, 2018 @07:29PM (#18780692)
I spent the last year living 30 minutes walk from work in Central London.

Neither the 4 mile walk through congested, diesel-fumed London or the small, expensive flat with single glazed windows did make me happier.

I now live 30 miles outside London and take a 30 minute train to work. It is much cheaper, much more pleasant (I stand on the train most of the time) and I get to hear the birds and smell the fresh air when I wake up or go outside.

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by ip26 on Saturday December 29, 2018 @02:33AM (#18782482)
It sounds like your commute duration didn't change.
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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by magduf on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @10:27AM (#18806736)
Um, I don't see your point here. You swapped a 30-minute commute for a 30-minute commute....
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