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TIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.

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[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

I doubt it, looking at large cities, especially in cities of the global south, people spend way more time in traffic. I know at least from some Central American cities where most people spend more like 3-4 hours daily in traffic. Would love to see figures for this though and compare how much difference there is.

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