This may be true, but people are probably commuting for vastly more time per day to their suburban wasteland house that can only be driven to, than fewer minut

This may be true, but people are probably commuting for vastly more time per day to their suburban wasteland house that can only be driven to, than fewer minutes worked would compensate for, and the money doesn't go as far—possibly because they felt spending $60k on a dumb car, and 9 hours a week in it, was more sensible than spending 2 hours a week in a physical hobby. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2019001/article/00002-eng.htm https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2019001/article...