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City limits are irrelevant, what matters is urban density. If you work 8 blocks from where you live, you're going to have a short commute regardless of whether
by jjk166 3y ago
City limits are irrelevant, what matters is urban density. If you work 8 blocks from where you live, you're going to have a short commute regardless of whether people living 20 miles away are considered to be in the same administrative region.
19.63 km is the average commute distance in manhattan, one of America's densest cities and a place where most people don't even use cars. The average for america in general is 67.2 km. And those are averages for a daily use. People need cars that can handle the longest distances they would need to travel. People don't drive 500+km every day, but trips of that length are not unusual either. I'm going to be driving 650 km one way tomorrow.
- Grustaf 3y ago> People need cars that can handle the longest distances they would need to travel. No they don't, it's much more optimal to buy something that is geared towards your daily needs, and then if you need to drive cross country a few times a year you can rent a big car, that's almost always going to be cheaper, even before taking fuel costs into account.
- jjk166 3y agoNo one is talking about driving cross country here, we're talking about driving to the nearest neighboring major city. This is something people do regularly. Renting a car for every such trip would be extremely expensive.
- Grustaf 3y agoI am contradicting this: > People need cars that can handle the longest distances they would need to travel You should not buy a car for the rare, most demanding use case.