Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
How do you factor in health benefits?
It costs me several thousand a year to commute (opportunity costs of the extra time spent) but I'd continue to do it even if cars and gasoline were free, because the benefits to my mental and physical health are huge.
It's my opinion (backed by nothing in particular) that most of the people on this forum are not commuting because they can't afford to drive, they're doing it for some other reason than money.
The only way you could even come close to factoring in health costs is that if you know you have medical costs and they clearly go away or reduce as you become healthier.