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Re:America's commute to work is getting longer and longer by lotsofpulp on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @07:32AM (#40573265)
> workers who move to the suburbs and drive to work only occasionally are still potentially driving more than they would be if they used mass transit in cities.

What?

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Re:America's commute to work is getting longer and longer by woodruffw on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @07:48AM (#40573420)
There’s a personal anecdote as a direct comment beneath my comment, as an example of this.

To be clear: I’m not faulting people for this. But it’s an intuitive consequence of people moving their working space into their living space: having both means needing more room, which frequently means moving somewhere rural or suburban and driving more.

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Re:America's commute to work is getting longer and longer by CalRobert on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @07:43AM (#40573372)
I used to live in the middle of Dublin and ride a bike to work.

Then I got a remote job and realized I could save a fortune by moving to a rural house an hour away.

But when I _did_ need to go to Dublin, I was sometimes driving instead of riding a bike (though sometimes I took the train, but I was very careful to make this an option and my neighbours would usually drive to go to Dublin)

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