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johnsonutah t1_j4v4h5v wrote

Reply to comment by Mountain_Bill5743 in For those of you that want that Island life. My coworker brought this into work today. by MavDrake

Agree. Side note - it’s sad that a 60 mile commute turns into more than an hour. That’s really not far highway driving. Traffic and a lack of public transport do the north east dirty

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[deleted] t1_j4vvave wrote

A lot of people move here and park-n-ride RIPTA to the Providence train station. It’s a reasonably easy commute to Boston from there.

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Mountain_Bill5743 t1_j4xfja1 wrote

All of these people admitted that this commute funded their large house, stay at home parent, sailboat. So it wasn't an issue of necessity, but maximizing the situation for splurges. One person I know did the commute to live close to their (local) extended family but could have afforded to move close to work.

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johnsonutah t1_j4xh39l wrote

I’m in the same situation as that one person. I’m really just lamenting our poor infrastructure in the northeast

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