> A 60 mile round trip is probably about the longest daily commute you could manage in many parts of Europe I think you're quite underestimating distances in E

> A 60 mile round trip is probably about the longest daily commute you could manage in many parts of Europe I think you're quite underestimating distances in Europe. Here in Belgium, it's common enough to commute from West Flanders to Antwerp, a 100km (60 miles) commute one-way. My case is a bit special as I commute from Antwerp to Lille in France (130km or 80 miles) although only one day of week thankfully. 30 miles one-way is the average commuting distance for people who live in Wallonia and work in Brussels, for example[0]. Looking at the stats in France[1], I see that the median commuting distance for the 1.7 million people that commute between two different urban areas is 30 miles, meaning half of those have a commute longer than 60 miles round trip. Such commuting distances are not nearly as uncommon as you seem to think. [0]https://mobilit.belgium.be/sites/default/files/final_report_wwv_2017-2018_nl.pdf https://mobilit.belgium.be/sites/default/files/final_report_... (Dutch) or https://mobilit.belgium.be/sites/default/files/final_report_wwv_2017-2018fr.pdf https://mobilit.belgium.be/sites/default/files/final_report_... (French) [1]https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1280781 https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1280781