• hersh@literature.cafe
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      10 days ago

      I was thinking that it sounded about right, until I read beyond the headline:

      Its value is approximately one hour, or half an hour for a one-way trip.

      WHAT. I thought he meant one hour each way!

      Are there any cities where that is the norm??? I’ve had sub-30 commutes in my life, and it felt like the height of luxury.

      I had a 1.5 hour (one way) commute for a while, and I was burned the fuck out after a year of that. It takes a toll on your health.

      • Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        This is my current hell. When I started it was 3x/week so it wasn’t too bad, but now it’s 4, and there’s a “rumor” that it’s gonna go back to full time in at some point. Thanks for the motivation to get my next certification as fast as possible I guess, because I’m already working on exit strategies.

      • Zedd @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 days ago

        Or San Francisco. My longest commute was 3.5 hours each way. Average over 15 years there was 90 minutes.

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              10 days ago

              I was thinking about it and I know of some electricians who happily commute three hours no traffic to certain jobsites to work 5 10’s and pocket the per diem

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          10 days ago

          Same in Montréal, it’s a fucking island and everyone lives outside of it, there’s not so many bridges so it’s 1h each way or more.

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      10 days ago

      Or Kansas… there aren’t a great many urban centers with diverse job markets so people routinely commute in from over an hour at my workplace.