all else being equal the economy prefers you spend all that money. As long as there's a lot of surplus money floating around, better to get more of it moving.

all else being equal the economy prefers you spend all that money. As long as there's a lot of surplus money floating around, better to get more of it moving. Less commuting will eventually equilibrate, one hopes, to: * lower $ and psychological overhead on jobs that used to commute * meaning more jobs and businesses get to exist * wages might go down due to competitive pressure, or might go up, depending on the shape of the landscape * some of the money and saved will be diverted to other activities like the things you listed * or things get worse! who knows! it's path-dependent!