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The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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An hour spent commuting is 1/16th of your daily life, and that hour is by far the biggest risk to your life every day. You should be getting triple pay to ameliorate the hazard risk it represents.

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[–] 27 points 1 year ago (9 children)

There is a study that showed workers don't mind commuting so long as the route is full of greenery and nature. That explains a lot because in my hometown, I was happy enough to commute in public transport and people are nice enough that you can chat with them. Then I moved to a bigger city, which is a concrete jungle. I hate the commute. And mind you, the public transport in my home town is about ten to twenty minutes more depending on the traffic, but I didn't mind for some reason. Then, after moving to a bigger city, travelling only for one hour feels like a long trek.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I used to have a drive to work, and it suckkkkkkkkkked. I moved, and can now cycle to work or take a nice train. I suddenly do not mind my 30 minute commute at all. I look forward to my bike ride most of the time, and I love the feeling after having done it.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I take a bus and then walk ... half hour or so on the bus and half hour or so of walking. If I drive it's like 35-45 minutes?

    However, I'm always more tired when I arrive there. Also, I'm not a fan of finding parking and stuff around the office.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oh my yes. My big nastalgia thing is when I lived in a neighborhood just outside city center and my commute was three miles. I would walk it, go four miles out of my way to bike the lakefront, or if weather was bad enough take transit. Most of the time I was getting nice exercise with the commute and I could pick up some things on my way home. I mean a lot of that is just not being in a car really and of course that outside of work most everything I needed day to day was walkable.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yeah honestly I don't get the hate, maybe this is why.

    I could never live in the city. That place is dark, full of tall buildings that block out the sky and covered in trash over concrete that blocks out the ground.

    Out here in the country I have a ten minute commute and would go insane if I had to work from home. I'm quite happy to go to the office five days a week.

    I think cities are the problem, not commuting.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    On top of my suspicion that your mental image of "cities" is just downtown Manhattan, which not all cities and certainly not all parts of any city are like, the fact that you mentioned having a 10 minute commute says to me that you definitely don't live in a rural location. Simply living in a suburb does not mean you are living in the country, and there has been research done that people are much more likely to think they live in a rural location when they very much don't if they live in a suburb of a much more dense city.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Suburbs is actually which I hate the worst but ironically live in. It lacks the convenience of the city with no real significant increase in nature. It just has more lawns over the city and lacks a lot of plant diversity as the city is more likely to throw some trees and bushes and various greenery in the public space or require buildings to have it over the burbs which is just house and lawns. Problem is the burbs are a bit cheaper mostly and have some public transit that connects up with the city system.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I don't think many people would complain about a 10 minute commute. My mom has a 45 minute drive to and from work each day, and works 10 hour days (4 days a week). I would go insane.

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