cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33770439
If this isn’t an argument for 15-minute cities I don’t know what is
Well, I commuted 1:45 each way, every weekday, for about 10 years. I guess that law did not apply to me.
I’m assuming you weren’t too happy about having to waste nearly four hours of your day in commuting though, which is the point of the article. People are satisfied with a commute of up to 30min each way, any longer and it starts to annoy them
I tolerated it until they fired my boss and replaced him with a cunt
I guess it’s ‘on average’ - I, for example, have managed to have a sub 30 min commute for most of my 20+ years career, and that on public transport or by bike. It’s been mostly by accident rather than design, but it’s been a massive blessing.
Worst bullshit ever. Nobody i work with has 30 minute commute.
That’s because capitalists and their government buddies realized they could underpay workers and brute-force them into settling for long, unsatisfying commutes that they absolutely hate having to do.
I’m willing to bet no one you work with looks forward to spending two hours or so traveling to work every day, either.
For me it’s because i like to live outside of the city and I work at a large city library. I’ve asked about and some are actually using 20 minutes biking and one has a 10 minute walk. The rest of us are 40 min+ unless you only count the time on tram/bus/train.
I have a 20 minute drive to the train and 50 minutes on the train where I can have a nap or work. I do have option of WFH and use that maybe 20% pf the time. Mostly to focus better with less distractions.
I could get work closer to home, but you can’t move my workplace.