• Captain Aggravated
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    1 year ago

    Because America is huge and spread out.

    I live in a small town located in an old growth pine forest. It’s quiet here, the air is fresh, there’s parks and recreational facilities. I own a house, I have some land, I have my very own wood shop. I’m near my family, I’m familiar with this area.

    I work in a city, where there are offices and factories and millions of customers. There’s always something going on, constant hustle and bustle. It’s always noisy and a brownish grey haze constantly hangs overhead. There are no homes for sale, but apartments for astronomical rent, where having your own kitchen isn’t a given, let alone a workshop.

    Distance from my home in the forest to my job in the city: 75 miles as the crow flies, 90 miles by highway. Speed limits from my driveway to the parking lot at work vary from 25mph in my neighborhood with frequent stop signs to 70mph on the open highway, 55mph is a typical average overall speed. Takes about 1.5 hours to make the trip one-way assuming I have no other errands or other detours to take.

    • visnae@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Wow at that distance I would take the train, bus or other public transportation, because then I could read a book, or even better work and write those 3h off and get some of the time back.