How Long is Your Commoote?

[VetLegion]

From:

http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15106202&source=most_read

Americans and Canadians have it too good

Mine is 35 minutes in one direction (home door to office door), and I feel smug
for having such a short one.

[KrazyHorse]

2 minutes (I've been working at a coffee shop next to my house for the last couple of months)

10-12 minutes if I drive to my office

will be 10-15 minutes walking in NYC

[Asher]

2 minutes also. Down the same road...

Live in a high-rise condo, work in a high-rise office building.

[KrazyHorse]

I thought you Euros all lived really close to work in the center of cities...

Why would you want to waste an hour and a half or more of your day on commuting?

[KrazyHorse]

2 minutes also. Down the same road...

Live in a high-rise condo, work in a high-rise office building.

Ecologically friendly life.

Big city highrise dwellers are by far the greenest people in the developed world. We respect nature so much we know better than to try to live in it.

[Lorizael]

Anywhere from 30-60 minutes depending on traffic. Usually 40ish.

[Jon Miller]

US really is that short? I know people who commute hours in the US (one way). I know very very few people who have less than a 20 minute commute. I am not sure I believe it.

My commute currently is a 25 minute (slow) bike ride or a 50 minute walk. I go so slow because it is snowy/etc out.

Jon Miller

[VetLegion]

I thought you Euros all lived really close to work in the center of cities...

Why would you want to waste an hour and a half or more of your day on commuting?

Depends on which part of Europe we're talking about. Northerners are more likely
to rent, so it makes sense to rent near the workplace. Southerners prefer to buy,
so they commute to wherever they have to afterwards.

[VetLegion]

Interesting somewhat related chart also from the Economist:

[Jon Miller]

Ecologically friendly life.

Big city highrise dwellers are by far the greenest people in the developed world. We respect nature so much we know better than to try to live in it.

This is true.

One thing I noticed is that Sweden is (in the cities) much more dense than the US. And a whole lot more people walk/ride bikes/take transit.

I guess I could believe a slightly longer transit time due to the mode of transit.

Jon Miller

[KrazyHorse]

US really is that short? I know people who commute hours in the US (one way). I know very very few people who have less than a 20 minute commute. I am not sure I believe it.

Jon, true big city residents and small town people have much shorter commute times than people living in suburban/exurban sprawl.

[DaShi]

Clearly, they don't consider New Yorkers in that poll. Over an hour to get across town!

[KrazyHorse]

Interesting somewhat related chart also from the Economist:

Get a ****ing job, Euros. I moved out when I was 20 (supporting myself), and I was average to late.

My sister moved out when she was 18 and my brother when he was 19.

[KrazyHorse]

Clearly, they don't consider New Yorkers in that poll. Over an hour to get across town!

Why would you live across town from your job? I'm not even considering anything north of the West Village.

I told my wife I'm not living "upstate" when she mentioned the UES.

[KrazyHorse]

Oh, DaShi: Do you know if you need a passport to get to Brooklyn? I have a couple of friends who live there.