"[...] for a single person, exchanging a long commute for a short walk to work has the same effect on happiness as finding a new love." I can directly relate t

"[...] for a single person, exchanging a long commute for a short walk to work has the same effect on happiness as finding a new love." I can directly relate to this. I went from spending ~2.5 hours/day on the train to a 15 minute walk about five years ago. It is hard to overstate how much it changed my life for the better.