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  • On commuting, the one stat that's remained fairly constant everywhere is that on average people's time budget for commuting is one hour per day. The commutes described above are all high outliers that tend to occur in a countryside<->London situation or in a small town where most jobs have been lost<->another town situation, but there are also a lot of low outliers, of course, including people who walk five minutes. This is not counting people 'working' from home.

  • people who walk five minutes

    Oh hai!

    I did 3 months of 1h20 driving each way and while not unbearable, I think that was mostly because I knew there was an end in sight.

    My girlfriend did it for about 9 months and I think it nearly broke her.

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