This exchange from the clothing thread got me thinking...
Originally Posted by
bikemig
Originally Posted by
acidfast7
Don't live so far from work. Quite easy. Or move jobs to work where you live.
I guess I'm confused as to why this is tough in any metro area in the US as the public transport and cost of buying a place are quite low (in terms of average yearly salary) compared to Europe.
I'm looking at buying a place in London and now the average price is more than 20x the average yearly yearly salary (£27k/year across the UK average and £550k average sale price in London). If one extrapolates the average salary across the US, most places are much more affordable (less than $800k USD if average wage is roughly $40K/year).
Part of me thinks that you guys just don't make the effort to live close to work.
Nothing quite like cross cultural generalizations where one culture is "superior" to another. Good for you for putting your scientific expertise to such good use in improving trans-Atlantic understanding.
Is it really harder in the U.S. or is it that we have to give up more of other things?