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Hate this argument, because many of us deliberately live close to workplaces - and often for environmental reasons.

• draw_down 6y ago
  Whoops!
• Solvitieg 6y ago
  Yup. In Canada, those who are overleveraged with massive mortgages far away form the office, are rewarded with mortgage deferrals and low interest rates. Those who save money, rent, and made sacrifices to live close to work, are the ones to are losing.
  • maerF0x0 6y ago
    The real issue is that one made a bet on a future that didnt come true. The opposite could easily have happened too. Oil prices could have hit $1k a barrel and people in the suburbs would be crying about the $500 fill up.
    • ck425 6y ago
      Except fuel prices going up was within the reasonable range of potential futures. Everyone suddenly forced to work from home wasn't.
      • maerF0x0 6y ago
        2015 Bill gates disagrees with you.
• michaelt 6y ago
  Surely environmentalists would be glad that their car-owning colleagues are no longer driving to work?