Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking Their Jobs with Them

Re:Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking... by fiblye on Saturday September 07, 2019 @10:45AM (#20904045)

It also depends on the city. I can travel 30KM in 15 minutes on a train, or drive that distance in 2 hours if I’m lucky.

Many cities are planned well and easy to get around. But this isn’t really true for most American cities. Although if you’re working in a city and living outside of it, you’re almost certainly wasting more time than anyone in it during your commute.

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Re:Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking... by entropea on Saturday September 07, 2019 @12:05PM (#20904616)

I dream for an American city with public transit as good as some European countries. Hopefully some infrastructure projects will come through, but I really don't see it happening any time soon with the amount of corporate lobbying making sure everything stays exactly the same: profits for oil.

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Re:Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking... by perl4ever on Sunday September 08, 2019 @12:18AM (#20908578)

You can go 30 km on a train that travels over 120 km/hr and still be in the same city?

I just wouldn't take a job where I have to commute 2 hours. I don't think most people do that, although some may.

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