> Is it possible to have your job be 5 minutes from your home. How about in 5 years when your job is underpaid or unfulfilling? Is your next job also 5 minutes

> Is it possible to have your job be 5 minutes from your home. How about in 5 years when your job is underpaid or unfulfilling? Is your next job also 5 minutes away? Or do you now have to move? And 5 years after that, when you're laid off? Yes. Further, most people don't live 5 minutes away now, even in car-centric developments. The average commute time has been, for centuries, 30 minutes one-way: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchetti%27s_constant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchetti%27s_constant * https://archive.is/edypl https://archive.is/edypl / https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-29/the-commuting-principle-that-shaped-urban-history https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-29/the-commu... It's just that with increased speeds the distance has gotten longer in recent decades.