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Originally Posted by disneysteve
I'm noticing a trend. With few exceptions so far, most of us seem to live pretty close to where we work. Do you think that is part of the frugal mindset most of us share? I know we purposely shopped for a home close to where I was working. When I changed jobs after 7 years, I found a new job even closer to home than the old job.
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Interesting.
I know that when I first purchased my home, the commute was like 7 miles to/from my then place of work. But when that dissolved, I actually travelled a much greater disance one-way (like 40-45 miles one-way -- long time ago).
We all would prefer to live closer to where we work, but I didn't really have a choice at the time. Luckily the price for gasoline was no where near as expensive as it is today. My current commute of 8 miles one way I am very, very grateful for.
But like others have said too, in almost every place I have worked, there's usually one or two people making very long commutes of almost 2 hours one way. I don't think they really have a choice either. If you ask them why they make the commute rather than move closer, you will usually get a very reasonable excuse.
Some cannot afford to live any closer because the pricing of houses nearer work is outrageous.... that's the number one reason I hear. And another that the places here are too small for their rather large families... or the "bigger places" are too expensive. But again, it boils down to price.
Some people across the country are re-thinking this. Some have moved to live closer to where they work, to save gasoline costs. I know DH would love to have a smaller commute, but a bigger priority for us is to save for retirement. We will not be moving before then.