Where Commuting Is Out of Control

I used to commute like this, around 90 minutes each way on a public bus down a motorway in Western Sydney, Australia, into the city centre. For huge portions of the Sydney workforce, there isn't any other choice as house prices within 20mi of the centre are well over 1.2m on average. Even 35mi out where I lived previously the average was still 1m. I've since realised after moving closer into the city renting that the extra rent does buy me an improved quality of life with my now 30min commute via train, and just for that I'll keep paying it. I'm truly grateful that technology afforded me that luxury, it really was killing me before in lost sleep and stress.

I think the most amazing statistic represented in that graphic is the DECLINE of super commuters in the Chicago area. This tells me that the Chicago/Illinois exodus is digging it's tentacles deeper, and the state is in a death spiral.

The Mercury News covered this with interviews with commuters - the one going from her home in Stockton to a job in San Jose at Red Lobster is the standout one for me - that a service job in San Jose is so much better than one she could find in locally in Stockton that it is worth that commute for her (and her spouse.)

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/25/nightmare-90-minute-s...