Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 days 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-square141fedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down19
arrow-up1558arrow-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.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 days agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squareZedd @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·12 days 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-up15·12 days agoholyshitwhatthefuck? The longest days are like tacking on a whole 'nother day.
minus-squareZedd @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days agoYeah, it sucked, but the pay was great, and I really wanted to work for the company.
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days 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-down1·11 days 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.