/feels/ - personal experiences

I wonder how would our cities transform if companies were made to compensate for commute time.

big mood. My bikes always seem to get flats way too often though -_-

I think this was meant as a reply to me in another thread. But was accidentally posted into its own thread.

If that is the case I'll reply by saying: I have more than one bike, I love bikes, but it isn't interesting or feasible to bike multiple hours to get to work everyday. Not everyone can live in a big city.

>>2832
I've known plenty of people with 1+ hours in cars, sometimes over 2 or 2.5 hours. While I agree that its crazy, people do it nevertheless.

Granted biking is more physically exhausting, but I've known one person with a two hour bike commute even. Its possible. Crazy, but possible.

What kind of bike do you suggest? I have a soykafty old BMX, actually been looking to invest in a nicer bike for awhile.

> massive hills
> terribly kept roads
> weather from hell
> worst motorists in the country
> ridiculous rates of injury and death

In spirit I support this thread and when I lived elsewhere I rode a bike 12 months a year, every day if I had to walk more than 10 blocks. Not here unfortunately.

>>2843
that is really unfortunate :(
I have started riding my bike almost everywhere, I live in a pretty small town so it's doable. Still when it gets hot my ass gets super wet and it sucks. Need to start wearing less cotton on hot days.

>>2838
I think this question depends enormously on details of where you will be riding.

Ive often had mountainbikes, but then I've often lived in places like >>2843 where I kept to steep, muddy, and hilly trails to stay off the motorways. If you live somewhere with nice bikepaths, maybe a roadbike would do you better.

Either give better details or do you own research)

>>2829
I feel like there's a lot of ways to go, and I don't know if it would increase or reduce urban sprawl. On one hand, people might be more willing to live farther away from their place of work, but at the same time where you live would likely affect who would hire you. I also think there would be an upper limit to how far people are willing to travel. Paid or not, a three-hour commute is a slog.

It all depends on the corporate response really. If it becomes a factor in hiring, where you live becomes just as important as your skills and experience, so we might see denser cities with people not willing to sacrifice their chances. If commutes aren't a factor, we might see inner cities thin out. With the cost of commuting away, but the cost of inner city living still present we could see suburban sprawl explode.