11-01-2007, 12:24 PM
Mike Wrote:is losing 800 hours a year (4 hour difference in free time x 200 work days) really worth owning a home? plus gas costs? plus the frustration of having an insane commute? plus having nothing to do in your area?the fundamental concept of this debate/argument is that everyone wants different things. Maybe I want to live in the mountains? Maybe I hate suburbia or hate the city? Maybe I want a big peice of quiet property?
To someone like that, the commute is worth it.
Obviously, if you love the city you will hate living out west.
If you love the country you will hate living in the city.
but your workplace is not as easily selectable as your living place, so your commute bridges the gap.
which is why for example, RJ telling me that living in the city for the rest of my life is just great doesnt make any sense.