I grew up in Arlington. It is the 50th most populated city in the United States, and it is the city with the highest population that still doesn’t have public transportation. The boomers have voted it down for decades because they wanted to keep it a nice suburb, and they thought buses would bring drug problems. Surprise, motherfuckers, Arlington has a drug problem now anyhow. Let people have their fucking buses.
It depends on what you do during that time. Listen to an audio book or learn something. Call a friend or family that you didn’t talk to often. Chat with the passenger. The best of just winding down between work and home, though trains are good for that too.
I went from a commute of 1hr 15min each way to 5 min each way and my life improved so much. No activity in the car would make me ever change back to my old setup.
I borrowed my husband’s phone one day to take a pic. There were dozens of pictures of him making funny faces. WTF? That’s my mad face. That’s my happy face. That’s my 'just learned about aliens ’ face. Again…WTF? He said, “That’s what i do while I’m sitting in traffic.” 🤷
Car depend shitholes do be like that, when your spend a lot of your time in car… how good is your life?
I grew up in Arlington. It is the 50th most populated city in the United States, and it is the city with the highest population that still doesn’t have public transportation. The boomers have voted it down for decades because they wanted to keep it a nice suburb, and they thought buses would bring drug problems. Surprise, motherfuckers, Arlington has a drug problem now anyhow. Let people have their fucking buses.
This is an american classic that wasted generations of wealth on stupid idea to keep lead imprisoned boomers happy.
It depends on what you do during that time. Listen to an audio book or learn something. Call a friend or family that you didn’t talk to often. Chat with the passenger. The best of just winding down between work and home, though trains are good for that too.
More power to you if you feel that way.
I found sitting in traffic after working to be soul crushing.
I went from a commute of 1hr 15min each way to 5 min each way and my life improved so much. No activity in the car would make me ever change back to my old setup.
IMHO commute time overall, car or not, is one of the largest QoL factors after things like money, partner, socials etc
I borrowed my husband’s phone one day to take a pic. There were dozens of pictures of him making funny faces. WTF? That’s my mad face. That’s my happy face. That’s my 'just learned about aliens ’ face. Again…WTF? He said, “That’s what i do while I’m sitting in traffic.” 🤷