We aspire to a life free from long commutes, petty office politics, bosses, and expense reports.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, workers living or working in major metropolitan areas show the highest rates of long commutes.
Old intown neighborhoods, which were built in that "European" or "village" style, attract suburbanites weary of long commutes.
Is it our car culture with our long commutes and atomized suburban lifestyle?
And having heard from the Turners, we want to hear more about exactly what drives other Americans to endure hours-long commutes.
Incidentally, Chicago ranked at No. 3 on Forbes' list of America's Most Miserable Cities, for its lousy weather, long commutes and rising unemployment.
Workers living outside a principal city and working in a principal city show the highest rates of long commutes, at 12.5%, the report shows.
Even in California, land of freeways and long commutes, Mini E drivers clocked up 48km a day, not far behind the American average of 64km.
Long commutes and deteriorating public services are two more reasons.
Long commutes and deteriorating public services play a part.
Chicago residents must endure long commutes (31 minutes on average), plummeting home prices (37% the past five years), brutal winters and high foreclosure rates (3.3% of homes in 2012 says RealtyTrac).
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My Moneybox predecessor Annie Lowrey did a great piece a while back reviewing some of the literature on the terrible consequences of long commutes, and now a new study gives us even more.
Those left looking for work in the borough, often in low-paid service jobs, face long commutes or have to get a car, a big expense in a city with ultra-high rents, taxes and insurance costs.
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It is a horrific statistic that hints at - among many factors - the widening wealth gap in a country where the poor are so often obliged to squeeze into speeding and over-crowded minibuses for long commutes.
This change can be witnessed in places like Atlanta, Georgia, Detroit, Michigan, and Dallas, Texas, said Leinberger, where once rundown downtowns are being revitalized by well-educated, young professionals who have no desire to live in a detached single family home typical of a suburbia where life is often centered around long commutes and cars.
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But his ambition-fueled long hours at work and the traffic-snarled commutes of Boston doomed his marriage.
"Volunteers on our nightly feeding program, long-time outreach professionals and virtually anyone who lives in or commutes regularly in our city will find today's announcement that street homelessness is down completely lacking in credibility, " she said.
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