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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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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is housing that expensive in Atlanta?

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[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Its traffic is notoriously bad, so you don't have to live far away to deal with a long commute.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s disgusting, and I now feel bad for Atlanta.

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[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

also they're surrounded by fuckin repedoclicans

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

Oh don't feel bad for us. It's also hotter than hell with 115% humidity every day for 7-9 months!

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[–] IamtheMorgz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

23 miles door to door for me. Can take as little as a half hour (zero traffic)... Or as much as an hour 20. And good luck predicting exactly how bad it will be at any given day/time!

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[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 1 point 1 year ago

that was my experience when I lived in Minneapolis. when there was zero traffic and in the summer, you could get from any place in town to any other place in between 15-20 minutes. snarled traffic was rare because there were so many additional terrestrial roads to take the burnt.

Contrast that with living in Philly, and we have a highway (676) that is so jammed all the time that the exits are measured on signage in fractions.

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[–] semisimian@startrek.website 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We have a lot of sprawl here and the reasons are many. Just like Dallas and LA, we have a ton of road infrastructure and zoning laws that eat up a lot of land. We also don't have any natural barriers, like an ocean or a mountain range, to limit our expansion. Just to keep building and add another lane. Thanks for asking.

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[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 4 points 1 year ago

the funny thing is, every city is always just one more lane away from solving their traffic problems.

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