It’s not like I have a choice to live somewhere next to work in a decent place that I can afford. If I had, I could certainly say 1.5 hrs a day it’s not worth it.
Depends on what you mean by a “decent place”. To me a modest condo 5 minutes from work would be more decent than a house with a big yard 30 minutes away. That’s 50 more minutes a day I’d have to myself, 50 more minutes a day I wouldn’t be subjecting myself to the risk of a car accident, 50 minutes a day I wouldn’t be sitting on my ass instead of walking around, etc…
50 minutes a day
250 minutes a week
1000 minutes a month
12000 minutes a year (200 hours)
How much are you paid an hour? Let’s say you make $50 an hour, cutting out 50 minutes of commute per day is equivalent to a $10K/year raise.
Just something to think about. I do think that in the future more people will think as I do. I grew up in a “good school district” in the suburbs with parents that drove long commutes to work. They divorced when I was 8. Both developed substance abuse issues. One died at 67 and the other is very unhealthy at 73. They spent a lot of their 30s and 40s in cars, driving. A lot of my fellow students from that good school district turned out to be total losers, including many of the top students.
