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Do You Love Your Commute?
April 13th, 2007

New Yorkers have higher average commute times than other Americans, but they also enjoy it more, according to an article in this week’s New Yorker.

“It could be that New Yorkers are better conditioned to megalopolitan hardships, or that public transportation ameliorates some of the psychic costs,” the article proposes. “Or maybe theyre better at lying to themselves.”

By Mark Berkey-Gerard on April 13, 2007, 2:46 pm
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3 Responses to “Do You Love Your Commute?”

  1. Larry Littlefield Says:
    April 16th, 2007 at 7:19 am

    The commute times of New Yorkers have been mis-described using census travel time to work data by PLACE OF RESIDENCE.

    If the data is instead examined by PLACE OF WORK, something that may no longer possible after 2000 if the census long form is eliminated, it is clear who has the longest commute — those WORKING in MANHATTAN. These people are more likely to be riding a train, rather than driving, and are paid very well for their pains, with just about the highest average wage level anywhere.

    In the suburbanization era we had an anomoly: those who lived closer to Manhattan and had shorter commutes also had lower housing costs. That is now changing to what one might expect — space is becomming more expensive in closer-in neighborhoods, while the suburbs are becomming relatively cheaper as their housing hits 50 years old and faces the need for rehab.

    People face a choice: do you want more space to have more stuff, or more time to do more activities? Those who want to do more activities squeeze into the city; those who want more stuff can head for the suburbs. Those who want lots and lots of stuff would probably be better off in a cheaper metro area.

  2. Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines Says:
    April 16th, 2007 at 7:57 am

    [...] Today’s Headlines Woman Pinned Beneath Wheel of SUV Dies, No Charges Filed (AMNY)5-Year-Old Killed by Truck (AMNY)Pedestrian Killed in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights Blog)200-Plus Rally Against Demolition for Parking (AYR)Fare-Skippers Crowding MTA Buses (Post)CB10 Nixes New Bus Routes (Brooklyn Paper)Drawings Surface for Coney Island Ped Bridge (Gowanus Lounge)New Yorkers ‘Enjoy’ Long Commutes (New Yorker via Wonkster)Driver Who Caused Corzine Crash ‘Inexperienced’ (AMNY)RELATED: Corzine Crash Driver May Still Face Charges (NY1)Storm Spurs Talk of Climate Shift (Sun)Far North Feels Worst Effects of Warming (NYT) Filed by Brad Aaron under Today’s Headlines [...]

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