Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoTIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down15
arrow-up1388arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.en.wikipedia.orgDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·1 month agoAnything beyond 45 minutes is a schlep and there better be something good for me losing an hour and a half or more of day in transit. Especially a car where I can’t even read or relax.
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month ago Especially a car where I can’t even read or relax. I don’t commute anymore, but spent close to 20 years with an hour commute each way. Audio books are the only way I can tolerate traffic.
Anything beyond 45 minutes is a schlep and there better be something good for me losing an hour and a half or more of day in transit. Especially a car where I can’t even read or relax.
I don’t commute anymore, but spent close to 20 years with an hour commute each way. Audio books are the only way I can tolerate traffic.