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In the California Bay Area, this is not true. There is a non-trivial number of people who are willing to commute 2+ hours each way in order to live in bigger, c
by Shebanator 10y ago
In the California Bay Area, this is not true. There is a non-trivial number of people who are willing to commute 2+ hours each way in order to live in bigger, cheaper houses in "safer" neighborhoods.
- rplst8 10y agoThe same is true of the Washington DC metro area... However, in both cases, I would bet that the distance involved is about 50-60 miles. If that traffic were moving at speed, it would be an hour commute - and I would submit very few people would put more than that amount of mileage on their car everyday (>30,000 miles/year).
- alttab 10y agoStudies have shown that for every mile of road built, is an additional mile driven, in average, by its populace. Traffic will expand to meet its resources.
- rplst8 10y agoI wonder if that's a per capita statistic or population average. None-the-less, there is an upper bound of how far one can drive in a day. Somewhere an equilibrium would be met.
- hx87 10y agoGiven how the average car made today can do 200,000+ miles with minimal problems (especially if they're mostly highway miles), I don't think "putting too many miles on the car" would be a limiting factor.