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Every time people get a realistic economical option, they majority choses to live in their own spacious dwelling. The utopia of crowded cities where people stac
by pacala 10y ago
Every time people get a realistic economical option, they majority choses to live in their own spacious dwelling. The utopia of crowded cities where people stack on top of each other, just for the sake of walking / biking everywhere, is just that, an utopia.
Self-driving technology will make extreme commutes common. Too expensive to live in Mountain View? No problem, get a nice 3000sqft house in Santa Rosa, hop in the self driving car, handle emails / some tickets, get into the office for the usual team bonding rituals, hop into the car, do some solo coding, then enjoy a quiet evening with the kids.
- ghaff 10y agoI'll actually be shocked if this doesn't happen where jobs are in expensive congested areas whether because people want cheaper housing or just want to live somewhere quieter and closer to nature. You don't even need door-to-door self-driving. Just on highways would be sufficient for a lot of routes. There's obviously some upper limit. But a driving commute in heavy traffic that most would consider pretty hellish today (say 1.5 to 2 hours each way) becomes a lot more palatable if you can read/work/etc. It's pretty much Economics 101 that if you make something better/cheaper/easier you get more of it.