Re:Amazon Is Selling Its 29-Acre Bay Area Property as Return...
by cardamomo on Monday January 30, 2023 @08:21PM
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I'm arguing that, within many major urban areas, wage levels in certain classes of work necessitate a commute. Read the section "A persistent spatial mismatch for American low-wage workers" in this report: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/expanding-supply-af...
Re:Amazon Is Selling Its 29-Acre Bay Area Property as Return...
by maxerickson on Monday January 30, 2023 @08:52PM
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Right, we generally have terrible housing policy, but I still don't see an articulated theory of how employers should compensate workers that make different choices.
Like, the low paying jobs that don't have nearby housing options probably do have to increase compensation to make up for the lack of housing options. Why is it good policy to force the employer to treat the commute as part of the work day vs working to improve the generally available housing and transport options?
You've not answered the question, instead pointing out that some people have wages that encourage a commute (at the moment we can probably at least assume that they are choosing that job over other choices, for reasons left unexplored as of yet).