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Oh i'm sure people commute. A 4 hour drive is fairly reasonable. I live in Denver and commute to Kansas City (8.5 hours) once a month to visit my folks. If you

by sakopov 10y ago

Oh i'm sure people commute. A 4 hour drive is fairly reasonable. I live in Denver and commute to Kansas City (8.5 hours) once a month to visit my folks. If you include gas prices and the price of rentals it comes out to be cheaper than flying and renting a car in KC. With shorter distances this would probably be a huge factor for many. For example, most folks in KC drive to StL which is a 3.5 hour drive. I don't think anyone I've ever known in KC flew to StL.

adevine 10y ago
When the article says "commute" it's mainly referring to people who commute daily (or often) for work.
- pessimizer 10y ago
  There are people who commute for clusters of days, though. If you work a three-on, four-off schedule, commuting in to start the three and out when the three are done is perfectly reasonable for a distant job and doesn't preclude having a healthy home life, too. There are also people who are mostly remote and only come in once a week for face-to-face meetings.
- makeapoint 10y ago
  Airline pilots can commute from Phoenix to Minneapolis regularly.
stingrae 10y ago
When I think of a commute, I think of a daily activity that takes someone back and forth to work. Given that definition it seems totally unreasonable for someone to spend 4 hours going one way.
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- Spooky23 10y ago
  A small number of people do stuff like this. I worked with a consultant who lived near Scranton so he could commute to a large number of places. (Syracuse, Albany, NYC, Jersey, Philly) Drove 3 hours a day one way!
- detaro 10y ago
  The dataset includes things like NYC-LA, so it clearly includes non-daily commutes as well. The final clustering excluded trips between points >=262 km from each other though.
GordonS 10y ago
> A 4 hour drive is fairly reasonable Erm. No, it's not. I'm sure there are a tiny percentage of people doing this out of necessity, but spending 8 hours a day commuting is not even remotely 'reasonable'.

by sakopov 10y ago

adevine 10y ago

When the article says "commute" it's mainly referring to people who commute daily (or often) for work.

pessimizer 10y ago
There are people who commute for clusters of days, though. If you work a three-on, four-off schedule, commuting in to start the three and out when the three are done is perfectly reasonable for a distant job and doesn't preclude having a healthy home life, too. There are also people who are mostly remote and only come in once a week for face-to-face meetings.
makeapoint 10y ago
Airline pilots can commute from Phoenix to Minneapolis regularly.

stingrae 10y ago

When I think of a commute, I think of a daily activity that takes someone back and forth to work. Given that definition it seems totally unreasonable for someone to spend 4 hours going one way.

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Spooky23 10y ago
A small number of people do stuff like this. I worked with a consultant who lived near Scranton so he could commute to a large number of places. (Syracuse, Albany, NYC, Jersey, Philly) Drove 3 hours a day one way!
detaro 10y ago
The dataset includes things like NYC-LA, so it clearly includes non-daily commutes as well. The final clustering excluded trips between points >=262 km from each other though.

GordonS 10y ago

> A 4 hour drive is fairly reasonable Erm. No, it's not. I'm sure there are a tiny percentage of people doing this out of necessity, but spending 8 hours a day commuting is not even remotely 'reasonable'.