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Could have the unintended effect that people are ok with spending longer traveling in a car though. E.g. people commute 2 hours a day to get into London via tr

• Broken_Hippo 9y ago
  Thats not necessarily a bad thing if you make transportation efficient enough. Self driving pod that hooks up to public transport, giving me privacy the entire time? Sure. 2 hours is time for art, digital or pen and paper (I draw while on airplanes and such and have learned to compensate for bumps and things). I could knit. Watch things. Read. My spouse would sometimes make music. Some of these are good even if the commute is shorter, and would be an improvement for anyone commuting a good distance already due to traffic and whatnot. 4-5 hours? Split sleep schedule. (I have no children). It also means folks can better commute to work from small farming towns that lack jobs. I know that an hour commute each way (by car) is too much for me, but I've had to just to make decent money. This was living in the midwest, mind you, and it might be different other places. It wouldn't have been an issue if I wasn't actively driving. Yes, I do understand that some of the hope would be that people live closer, but that's the hope and push now and it breaks often enough.
  • notheguyouthink 9y ago
    Yea, I have no idea if it would be good or not realistically, but being able to move further away from the city sounds amazing. I'd live way out in the country if I didn't have to drive it. There's a ton of things I can do on my laptop. It really sounds nice.
    • komali2 9y ago
      There's always remote work as a possibility, right? Check stackoverflow jobs, I often see [remote ok] jobs there.
• lawlessone 9y ago
  Could we remodel the inside of cars to be more lounge like?