Davriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square141linkfedilinkarrow-up1570arrow-down19cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.worldantiwork@lemmy.mlworkreform@lemmy.worldpublictransport@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1561arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.en.wikipedia.orgDavriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square141linkfedilinkcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.worldantiwork@lemmy.mlworkreform@lemmy.worldpublictransport@slrpnk.net
minus-squareZedd @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoOr San Francisco. My longest commute was 3.5 hours each way. Average over 15 years there was 90 minutes.
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoholyshitwhatthefuck? The longest days are like tacking on a whole 'nother day.
minus-squareZedd @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoYeah, it sucked, but the pay was great, and I really wanted to work for the company.
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI was thinking about it and I know of some electricians who happily commute three hours no traffic to certain jobsites to work 5 10’s and pocket the per diem
minus-squareMagister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoSame in Montréal, it’s a fucking island and everyone lives outside of it, there’s not so many bridges so it’s 1h each way or more.
Or LA
Or San Francisco. My longest commute was 3.5 hours each way. Average over 15 years there was 90 minutes.
holyshitwhatthefuck?
The longest days are like tacking on a whole 'nother day.
Yeah, it sucked, but the pay was great, and I really wanted to work for the company.
I was thinking about it and I know of some electricians who happily commute three hours no traffic to certain jobsites to work 5 10’s and pocket the per diem
Same in Montréal, it’s a fucking island and everyone lives outside of it, there’s not so many bridges so it’s 1h each way or more.