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I completely disagree, and think work from home (which most of our ancestors did until the industrial revolution) is infinitely better for making and sustaining

I completely disagree, and think work from home (which most of our ancestors did until the industrial revolution) is infinitely better for making and sustaining healthy friendships. There's not 90-120 minutes of commute time sitting alone in a car. There's not the very common occurrences of layoffs and promotions making you directly competing with each other. Instead you've got all that extra time to just spend time with your neighbors and make friendships. You can choose to work from a co-working space, coffeeshops, libraries, or just stay at home. But instead of getting home exhausted at 6-7pm needing to cook, clean, chores, etc, you can get that stuff done during your lunch break and then pop around to a friend's house by 5:05pm. It's so much better I can't imagine going back to an office where I'm sitting alone and sad in a cube all day trying to focus while people yammer on the phone right next to me.

ajkjk 2y ago
Aware that this is not how everyone feels but, IMO: you'd really have to mis-design your life to have a 90-120 minute commute. It's almost always possible to live near where you work, and it's a lot more important than most other comforts.
- pjmlp 2y ago
  On the German city I live on, 1h is the bare minimum comute time, to cross across three districts with public transports, and better not lose those connections. Closer to work, would be great, if I could afford the shinny prices of the rentals on the district the office is located on. Which would be the complete opposite from districts where other family members work on.
- sarchertech 2y ago
  When you’re married with a working spouse, it becomes much harder. Then when you have kids you need to think about where they go to school and you might want to live close enough to grandparents that they can help out. These constraints make living close to work impossible for a huge chunk of people.

ajkjk 2y ago

Aware that this is not how everyone feels but, IMO: you'd really have to mis-design your life to have a 90-120 minute commute. It's almost always possible to live near where you work, and it's a lot more important than most other comforts.

pjmlp 2y ago
On the German city I live on, 1h is the bare minimum comute time, to cross across three districts with public transports, and better not lose those connections. Closer to work, would be great, if I could afford the shinny prices of the rentals on the district the office is located on. Which would be the complete opposite from districts where other family members work on.
sarchertech 2y ago
When you’re married with a working spouse, it becomes much harder. Then when you have kids you need to think about where they go to school and you might want to live close enough to grandparents that they can help out. These constraints make living close to work impossible for a huge chunk of people.