>Most people I know would happily pay less to live outside of the city so long as they were still well-connected to the city center by the transit network. Nai

>Most people I know would happily pay less to live outside of the city so long as they were still well-connected to the city center by the transit network. Nailed it. If I could drive 10-20 minutes and catch a high speed rail of < 1 hr to get to work, I would certainly do so. Instead I rent a room from a person much wealthier than I a mile or 2 from the city center.