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Cheaper, but fairly ridiculous. Stay in Barcelona and telecommute. Similarly, it would be cheaper for me to rent in Mexico City and commute to my job in Lo
by j2d3 13y ago
Cheaper, but fairly ridiculous. Stay in Barcelona and telecommute.
Similarly, it would be cheaper for me to rent in Mexico City and commute to my job in Los Angeles. Yes, some global metropolises have lower rents than others.
- bnegreve 13y ago> it would be cheaper for me to rent in Mexico City and commute to my job in Los Angeles. Is this serious? Because that's the whole point of this blog post: flying everyday between London and Barcelona it's actually doable, for real. As in: some people might end up doing it.
- wattson12 13y agohow many people would look at this commute (at least 3-4 hours each way) and think its doable?
- postitnotecode 13y agoI don't find 2-3 hour commutes all that unusual, though just an anecdote, in PA I knew families which would commute via car to NYC 3 hours in traffic. On the commute if there's room to work, 3-4 hours could represent a decent chunk of thinking/coding/email time.
- Ogre 13y agoI work in Orange County, not far from the airport (and even closer a few years ago) I did the napkin math on commuting from Arizona every day at one point, and it definitely worked out. I would've saved money doing that. Of course that presumes that my sanity has no value, but I'm not certain how much worse it would have been than some people's driving commutes.
- WildUtah 13y agoBCN-London can be had for E$34 round trip. LA-MEX goes for US$400 cheapest average seat. That makes all the difference. Maybe try Tijuana, though.
- jorgeortiz85 13y agoNah, the Mexican government imposes a $100 tax on all international flights.