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I am not ready to spend 1.5-2 hours getting tired in a commute every day. Waiting for an unreliable trainline. I haven't gotten flu or seasonal sickness since I

I am not ready to spend 1.5-2 hours getting tired in a commute every day. Waiting for an unreliable trainline. I haven't gotten flu or seasonal sickness since I started WFH. I have more time to spend with family. I cook for the family of 4. I have time to do hobbies. I have time to workout. I have time for leisure. I have time for housework. I am not tired all the time. My car is used for errands. Have you tried lugging in a whole truckload of items on the train? A train/public transit works for work commute, but not for when need to get stuff done. Even in the densest city, I had a car for 10 years. Paid for parking and had a monthly active transit pass. Different things for different purposes. Not to mention, that I walked everywhere I can. When you can hire someone on the cheap, it becomes a skills market. You get what you pay for.

tomjakubowski 4y ago
> Even in the densest city, I had a car for 10 years. Yeah, that totally makes sense. I live in the dense downtown of a sprawling urban area and own a car, but it's simply only used for going out on nights and weekends. For most everyday trips I walk or take transit. OP's point is not that living in a city means you get to or have to give up your car. It's that in many American suburbs, any other mode of getting around for everyday trips - including walking - is simply untenable. Living in a walkable neighborhood with access to good transit gives you the best thing - the option of either public or private transportation. Most of these places, in the US, aren't in the suburbs.
- plasticchris 4y ago
  I found this funny, after moving out to the country and working from home I only take my car out on nights and weekends too :)
PraetorianGourd 4y ago
> When you can hire someone on the cheap, it becomes a skills market. You get what you pay for. You lost the plot in your defense. If skills are equal, and the Mexican can ask for less salary _and enjoy the same quality of life and purchasing power_ (due to the cost of living in their native country) as a 200k/year American dev it isn’t a skills market. It is very much a cost savings market. And I am sorry but don’t delude yourself, that dev in Mexico or Colombia is just as talented as state-side devs. Couple their talent with the reality that you don’t even need to be a savant to build a SaaS app in JS and you will see that the privilege enjoyed by software engineers in the USA is on life support.

tomjakubowski 4y ago

> Even in the densest city, I had a car for 10 years. Yeah, that totally makes sense. I live in the dense downtown of a sprawling urban area and own a car, but it's simply only used for going out on nights and weekends. For most everyday trips I walk or take transit. OP's point is not that living in a city means you get to or have to give up your car. It's that in many American suburbs, any other mode of getting around for everyday trips - including walking - is simply untenable. Living in a walkable neighborhood with access to good transit gives you the best thing - the option of either public or private transportation. Most of these places, in the US, aren't in the suburbs.

plasticchris 4y ago
I found this funny, after moving out to the country and working from home I only take my car out on nights and weekends too :)

PraetorianGourd 4y ago

> When you can hire someone on the cheap, it becomes a skills market. You get what you pay for. You lost the plot in your defense. If skills are equal, and the Mexican can ask for less salary _and enjoy the same quality of life and purchasing power_ (due to the cost of living in their native country) as a 200k/year American dev it isn’t a skills market. It is very much a cost savings market. And I am sorry but don’t delude yourself, that dev in Mexico or Colombia is just as talented as state-side devs. Couple their talent with the reality that you don’t even need to be a savant to build a SaaS app in JS and you will see that the privilege enjoyed by software engineers in the USA is on life support.