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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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[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Marchetti never went to NYC.

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[–] hersh@literature.cafe 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was thinking that it sounded about right, until I read beyond the headline:

Its value is approximately one hour, or half an hour for a one-way trip.

WHAT. I thought he meant one hour each way!

Are there any cities where that is the norm??? I've had sub-30 commutes in my life, and it felt like the height of luxury.

I had a 1.5 hour (one way) commute for a while, and I was burned the fuck out after a year of that. It takes a toll on your health.

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[–] Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This is my current hell. When I started it was 3x/week so it wasn't too bad, but now it's 4, and there's a "rumor" that it's gonna go back to full time in at some point. Thanks for the motivation to get my next certification as fast as possible I guess, because I'm already working on exit strategies.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Marchetti was from Italy. That explains it.

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[–] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Or LA

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[–] Zedd00@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or San Francisco. My longest commute was 3.5 hours each way. Average over 15 years there was 90 minutes.

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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

holyshitwhatthefuck?

The longest days are like tacking on a whole 'nother day.

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[–] Zedd00@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Yeah, it sucked, but the pay was great, and I really wanted to work for the company.

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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

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

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

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.

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[–] faltryka@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Or Kansas… there aren’t a great many urban centers with diverse job markets so people routinely commute in from over an hour at my workplace.

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