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You're NEVER going to convince me that you're gaining any benefits over being five minutes from my house. Home to eat lunch, and take a nap in silence is worth more than any perk on this planet. I pity you all with hellish travel.

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I moved from a 5 minute bike ride down to Seattle from living on Capitol Hill last year, now to a 45min-1hr commute by bus every morning, and there's no way anyone is going to tell me commuting for a long time is better than being able to go home for lunch.

I can't even get a dog with the commute I have now.

Same here. Been loving living in an apartment about 5 mins from work for the better part of a decade. Now will have to begrudgingly look for a home a bit further apart since we now have kid in the mix.

I worked like this for a whole year (well, not five minutes walk, but ten), and it was golden. It was the best feeling, being able to eat fresh prepared food (I pre-prepared it in advance so I was able to make it ready to eat in < 20') and then take a power nap before going back to work!

No one is convincing me a commute is better than this.

Five minutes is too short. Ten to fifteen is ideal. That usually means you're living and working in different neighborhoods.

Until Winter in the Northeast hits, and commute times multiply by 4x. Five is perfect yo.

I pity you all with hellish winters.

Sorry, could not resist. I envy your commute (I used to do that, now I do mountain view -> SF)

Seasons are everything, I couldn't do the 70 degrees and sunny west coast climate every day of my life.

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