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Good public transportation is a luxury in the majority of the US. Most jobs in most places require a vehicle + license + insurance + maintenance. In my city, we

Good public transportation is a luxury in the majority of the US. Most jobs in most places require a vehicle + license + insurance + maintenance. In my city, we have a bus service but it can be 2 hours late on a consistent basis. Sometimes they don't even show up and you have to wait for the next pass and hope it shows up. Sometimes the driver is sick and there is no replacement, so no bus. Also, many places will fire you if you are late, so you need to be at the stop 2 hours before it shows up just to be safe, and you might not even be safe if the driver is sick. This is a medium sized city. So in many places, your options would be sleep at work, or drive home tired.

piva00 5y ago
Yeah, I will let you know I'm originally from Brazil, now a Swedish citizen. So any problem you've encountered in the USA I've probably seen worse. A bus from my hometown to the office, a trip of about 25 km, took me 3 hours somedays, usually would be between 1h30m-1h45m. One way. > So in many places, your options would be sleep at work, or drive home tired. Please, there are other options, they are just more inconvenient than what you are used to accept living on. I've slept in offices' cafeteria room because I had no public transportation back home more times than I could count on all my fingers and toes...
- jfrunyon 5y ago
  "There are other options than sleeping at work. You could sleep at work." I too have slept in a break room. I've also slept under a desk in an office (spending 8+ hours outside until everyone went home). And I'm in the US. The grass is not always greener on the other side, my friend.