> A person with a one-hour commute has to earn 40 percent more money to be as satisfied with life as someone who walks to the office.
Living in downtown Palo Alto probably costs 100% more than living in Pleasanton, which is roughly a one hour commute.
> While a bigger garden and spare bedroom soon cease to be novel, every day’s commute is a little bit different, meaning we can never get quite used to it.
I wonder if this is one of the reasons big tech companies run buses — to make the commute less painful and blend into the background of life.
Living in downtown Palo Alto probably costs 100% more than living in Pleasanton, which is roughly a one hour commute.
> While a bigger garden and spare bedroom soon cease to be novel, every day’s commute is a little bit different, meaning we can never get quite used to it.
I wonder if this is one of the reasons big tech companies run buses — to make the commute less painful and blend into the background of life.