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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by AgentOrange1234 on Friday December 28, 2018 @07:51PM (#18780840)
> So many of them think nothing of spending 1-2 hours in traffic, each way, every workday, just so they can have some big McMansion in the exurbs with a giant lawn they have to spend hours maintaining every weekend.

That would be a poor decision indeed. But more likely, in my experience, is that they live far from their work because there is no affordable housing near their work.

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by magduf on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @10:33AM (#18806775)
That's not my experience at all, even here in the DC area. Houses far from work still cost a lot, what's different is the cost per square foot. The problem is that those people aren't willing to live in a smaller dwelling, or a non-single-family home. Then they whine about there not being any "affordable housing" because they can't afford a free-standing house with a giant lawn right in the middle of (or close to) the city. There is affordable housing, but it means they need to settle for a condo or townhouse.
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