An increasing number of Americans are willing to fly even 100 miles to get to work every day, most at their own expense as professional struggle to get employment.
Perception of distances and our tolerance of travel are open to change. I live in Delhi part of the year and everyone there pretty much assumes it will take 40 minutes to an hour to reach somewhere, longer in peak hours, but many lower income workers often commute over two hours each way. When I get back to London, I’m quite miffed if the tube is delayed by even two minutes and groan that the Northern Line is as slow as a bus.
I know friends who commute daily between Manchester and London and once saw a real estate promotion on a beautiful renovated building in Glasgow city centre saying it was only an hour away from London – obviously by plane. Supermodels and the rich and famous lamented the loss of Concorde as the beautiful supersonic plane made it possible for them to commit to crazy schedules between Europe and the USA.
What is your commute and would you tolerate a longer one?
Bubbly
