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It's generally better to live close to one person's workplace than right in between the two.
by mcv 4y ago
It's generally better to live close to one person's workplace than right in between the two.
- HardlyCurious 4y agoWhy?
- mcv 4y agoSo only one person instead of two has to suffer through a dreadful commute, you need only one car instead of two, one parent works close to where the kids go to school, etc. If you live in the middle, everything is far away for everybody. That doesn't mean it's not viable to live in the middle, but I think these are some pretty good arguments why it's often preferable to live close to at least one partner's workplace. Obviously it's not going to work for everybody, but if you're thinking about where to buy your house, this may be worth taking into consideration.
- HardlyCurious 4y agoWould you volunteer to have twice the dreadful commute for the benefit of your partner, or do you see yourself being the beneficiary of this configuration?
- mcv 4y agoMy wife and I seem to disagree who is the beneficiary of this configuration. She seems to like driving. And she likes that I live close to home.
- iso1631 4y agoModern advice is to move jobs every 2-3 years. You want to move house every 2-3 years? Move the kids schools every 2-3 years?
- MarceColl 4y agoI've moved between jobs every 1-2 years for the past 10. I've never been more than an hour away (and that was one job that was particularly far away). In most cases, because we have a good public transit system, I'm within 10-15 minutes by subway or 30/40 minutes walking. I don't even consider it too much. Never moved house.