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On the other hand, you're talking about spending thousands of dollars on something that's idle %95 of the day, and is often patently awful to use (rush hour tra
by saturdaysaint 12y ago
On the other hand, you're talking about spending thousands of dollars on something that's idle %95 of the day, and is often patently awful to use (rush hour traffic). Being able to walk to work probably portends being able to walk to grocery stores, restaurants, a downtown... which a lot of more people find preferable and more healthful than a car-dependent life. And suburbs are often aesthetically dull (McMansions and cookie-cutter shopping malls) compared even to suburbs with a walkable downtown.
I'm a suburban commuter myself, and though there is a whiff of pretension to the idea of "courting" milennials, I think it's a completely rational preference.
- ghaff 12y agoIt is and it might have been mine once upon a time. I actually could take mass transit to my first full-time job although I rarely did as it took much longer and I had free or cheap parking. And when I first moved to the area where I now live, I lived out by the office mostly because I didn't want a close to an hour commute. That said, if you live in a city and get a convenient job in walking distance or on a convenient mass transit line, it's probably worth considering that this state of affairs probably won't last if you switch jobs because it's not the norm.
- panglott 12y agoI cycle more than use mass transit. But, having switched jobs a couple times, this is less a big problem than you might imagine. One you decide it's important to you to not waste hours in traffic all the time, it's easier to organize your life to facilitate that. It's not even all work, being about to run errands near your home is important too.