▲ 562 ▼ 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) submitted 1 year ago* by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 140 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Why haven't you moved closer? When I started university, I could've had a 1,5 hour commute by car but I moved closer and now it's 5 min by bike permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago* During university the only financially viable way would have been student housing. There wasn’t any that would have taken in me, my husband and our cat. And since then see above: it’s nice to not live in the busy air pollution of the city and be able to afford a house with a yard. Best thing possible within 30 minutes of work within our budget would have been a small apartment with roommates. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago* During university the only financially viable way would have been student housing. There wasn’t any that would have taken in me, my husband and our cat. And since then see above: it’s nice to not live in the busy air pollution of the city and be able to afford a house with a yard. Best thing possible within 30 minutes of work within our budget would have been a small apartment with roommates. permalink fedilink source parent