On Tue, 30 May 2000, Geoff Roberts wrote:
> > Workers will start to realize spending 3-5 hours (or more!) a day in
> > traffic just doesn't make sense anymore at ANY salary and will move
> > somewhere else to find work.
>
> 3-5 hours? Wow. I thought I had it bad in Sydney when a long commute
> was around 45 minutes.
I should elucidate by saying this is roundtrip. Mine only (only :) takes
about 1.5 hours (45 minutes each way) but that should change very soon as
I will go back to working from home again.
I'm taking my figures from best guesses, but a 5 hour roundtrip commute is
not out of line. I know some folks are coming in from cities that are 60+
miles from San Jose, and with the traffic along the way the commute can
take 2-3 hours one way.
Silicon Valley is no longer the geek paradise I dreamed of when I was
growing up. From where I stand, it's become a nightmarish hell of
traffic and way too many people. The boom was cool when it was revving up
but now it's just out of control.
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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Received on Tue May 30 2000 - 00:16:37 BST