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Re:For most Americans, owning a home is now a distant dream by rasterdog on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @12:08PM (#31169227)
yes everyone needs a 1.25 hour commute to work
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Re:For most Americans, owning a home is now a distant dream by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @12:09PM (#31169239)
That's a myth. Mine is 15 minutes. All cities are not New York or LA
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Re:For most Americans, owning a home is now a distant dream by tragictrash on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @12:38PM (#31169625)
You have to realize that most people's commutes are 30+ mins though, right?
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Re:For most Americans, owning a home is now a distant dream by jghn on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:11PM (#31170155)
> most peoples commutes are 30+ mins

Average commute time is 28 minutes [1] and if I didn't just mess it up from the raw data [2] the median is about 24.5 mins.

EDIT: median of the state level means. So it's still possible that "most" people are above these numbers, although it seems unlikely given the outlier bias can be stronger in the high direction.

[1] https://getjerry.com/newsroom/how-american-commute-has-chang...

[2] https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/a...

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