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TIL 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.org)

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 63 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There are people at a place I worked that did a 2 hour trip each way each day.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's me.

I work in a very small city entirely surrounded by a much larger one. The one I work for is an enclave for the 0.1%. The average new home build here is over 10 times the price that of the major city that surrounds us, which is also very expensive for the region.

Suffice to say, I can't live here. I live in a shitty trailer that's about 2 hours away with traffic, but costs $700 a month as opposed to $3000+ for a tiny 1-room apartment near work.

The commute sucks, but I save $115 every day I commute.

Fortunately, I like audio books.

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Do you work in the Vatican?

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[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How is the enclosed city not just considered part of the bigger city? I think I’ve never seen a city like that before.

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[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 year ago

It's fairly common, especially if the residents are wealthy, they just incorporate their neighborhood area.

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[–] visnae@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The City of London lies within Greater London itself. The king may not enter the City of London without the Lord Mayor of London's (Not to be confused with the mayor of London) approval, or something like that.

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[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It sounds weird, but it is more a technicality. Some cities have grown so much they consumed what used to be small towns outside their boundaries. Those small towns stayed independent entities. Examples are all over.

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[–] TunaLobster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Check out the Park Cities that are north of downtown Dallas.

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[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Fortunately, I like audio books.

fam, try Pimsleur Speak & Understand language learning. A lot of libraries have them in CD form. That'll kill half hour to an hour easy.

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[–] Magister@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

yep, I work in Montreal, an island... crossing a bridge the morning and the evening is 1h in summer up to 3h in winter (one way!!!). At least since COVID I WFH, save 2h+ a day.

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[+] Awkwardparticle@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Obviously, this is a statistical truth. It doesnt necessarily apply to all individuals at all times.

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