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An easy way to improve things is to simply move closer. 72km is a really long way to commute; you need long-distance train service for that, and that's always

An easy way to improve things is to simply move closer. 72km is a really long way to commute; you need long-distance train service for that, and that's always going to be expensive, or slow, take your pick.

marcosdumay 3y ago
That's technically true. But it denies the entire point of the discussion up to here. The GP isn't replying to people interested in making his particular commute better.
ghaff 3y ago
Why should I? No desire to drive into the city all the time. Most of the time I haven't been working in the city. Happy to be living on 5 acres or so. These days, only go into the city about once a month. When I did commute semi-regularly there were regulars going into the city though I only did so a couple days a week; wouldn't have been sustainable.
- shiroiushi 3y ago
  Then why are you complaining about the commute time?
  - ghaff 3y ago
    I didn't think I was complaining. Just, like lots of people, it takes a while to get in by whatever transportation mode so I don't do it often. The greater metro area around where I live has far more jobs in many areas than the city itself does. I'm not sure there were any sizable tech-industry companies in the city proper for a long time although there are more now. I was mostly responding to a comment way upthread somewhere that, even with a fairly good public transit system, going into a city can take a fair bit of time if you have to use multiple modes of transportation. So the answers are pretty suck it up, move closer, or don't go into the city much.
    - shiroiushi 3y ago
      >going into a city can take a fair bit of time if you have to use multiple modes of transportation. So the answers are pretty suck it up, move closer, or don't go into the city much. Well, yeah? Those answers are your alternatives if you choose to live far from the city, and I would think they should be obvious. You can't change the laws of physics. Or economics: I mean, you could build a bullet train between your rural town and whatever exact destination in the city you want, but obviously that's economically infeasible.

marcosdumay 3y ago

That's technically true. But it denies the entire point of the discussion up to here. The GP isn't replying to people interested in making his particular commute better.

ghaff 3y ago

Why should I? No desire to drive into the city all the time. Most of the time I haven't been working in the city. Happy to be living on 5 acres or so. These days, only go into the city about once a month. When I did commute semi-regularly there were regulars going into the city though I only did so a couple days a week; wouldn't have been sustainable.

shiroiushi 3y ago
Then why are you complaining about the commute time?
- ghaff 3y ago
  I didn't think I was complaining. Just, like lots of people, it takes a while to get in by whatever transportation mode so I don't do it often. The greater metro area around where I live has far more jobs in many areas than the city itself does. I'm not sure there were any sizable tech-industry companies in the city proper for a long time although there are more now. I was mostly responding to a comment way upthread somewhere that, even with a fairly good public transit system, going into a city can take a fair bit of time if you have to use multiple modes of transportation. So the answers are pretty suck it up, move closer, or don't go into the city much.
  - shiroiushi 3y ago
    >going into a city can take a fair bit of time if you have to use multiple modes of transportation. So the answers are pretty suck it up, move closer, or don't go into the city much. Well, yeah? Those answers are your alternatives if you choose to live far from the city, and I would think they should be obvious. You can't change the laws of physics. Or economics: I mean, you could build a bullet train between your rural town and whatever exact destination in the city you want, but obviously that's economically infeasible.