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It’s not a zero cost: it’s 40 minutes of time.
by briandear 6y ago
It’s not a zero cost: it’s 40 minutes of time.
- ck425 6y agoI run there, which is time I still spend at home. And I enjoy the walk home as I live in a beautiful city. I normally go walking throughout the day for longer than that anyway.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoYes, I love being able to walk/bike to work, but that’s not life for 95%+ of people in the US (nor England from what I know). Walking/biking gives you agency that public transit/cars don’t. It feels much freer.
- greggman3 6y agoBiking in Tokyo is less freeing than public transportation because of the added time finding a place to lock up the bike. I bought a bike thinking I'd use it but it turns out it's actually much less free since if I take it I'm stuck with it the entire day where as without it I can easily visit the other side of the city on a whim via public transportation. The same would be true in Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris, Berlin, many other places with good public transportation.
- dukeyukey 6y agoYou should look at getting a folding bike. I got a Brompton recently, using a company cycle-to-work scheme and it's been brilliant. I can cycle 3-4 miles in 20 mins to my favourite coffee shop, fold up my bike in 20 seconds and stash it under my table.
- paulcole 6y agoIt might be a net positive if they enjoy the walk more than 40 minutes of other activity.
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- tima11234 6y agoWFH doesn't mean they can't walk for 40 minutes though.
- another-dave 6y agoBut in the context of office vs home, if the OP is basically saying "I like my free commute" then you have to remove cost & time from the "pro" list for WFH. I used to like reading on the train as time for myself but it didn't balance out the other stress & cost of commuting. If Transport for London said that trains would be free at the point of use & actually put on enough service that most people got a seat I'd definitely consider the office more favourably again