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Commutes Are Getting Longer Because Jobs Are Leaving Cities


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2018 Sep 18, 8:31am   2,104 views  6 comments

by NuttBoxer   ➕follow (0)   💰tip   ignore  

Sounds surprising, but decentralization has been gaining steam for a while.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Americans-commutes-keep-getting-longer-13236271.php

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1   Shaman   2018 Sep 18, 9:16am  

I thought jobs leaving cities would make commutes shorter from the suburbs? Are people living in cities more?
2   zzyzzx   2018 Sep 18, 9:38am  

Quigley says
I thought jobs leaving cities would make commutes shorter from the suburbs?


Only if you happen to live in the same suburb as the job. If you have to commute to another part of town, then your commute sucks just the same.
3   anonymous   2018 Sep 18, 7:46pm  

It doesn't say jobs are leaving cities. It says people are moving further away from jobs!
4   epitaph   2018 Sep 18, 8:33pm  

Feels like 2006 all over again.
5   zzyzzx   2018 Sep 19, 8:36am  

There is NO way those Baltimore and DC commute times are really that low.
6   NuttBoxer   2018 Sep 19, 8:44am  

FU says
It doesn't say jobs are leaving cities. It says people are moving further away from jobs!


Not true.

"Between 2000 and 2012, the number of jobs within the typical commute distance for residents in a major metro area fell by 7 percent,"

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