Originally Posted by
Sorcerer
It's already been said, but I'll add this to the rant.
The cost of housing literally drives people away from places of employment. To find comfortable affordable housing they must locate further and further away. This is the obvious cause for much of the traffic congestion we suffer.
I’ll have to disagree. For some people, the cost of housing can drive them out from the core city but employment and employment centers aren’t always in the core city. My personal situation when we went looking to buy a home, was that we decided to stay within 10 miles of my work. We actually ended up
closer to the core city because it was cheaper. I actually drew a circle around my work that with a 12 mile radius. We lucked into a neighborhood that became a hot market but when we bought almost 40 years ago, it was certainly not a hot market.
Most of my co-workers over the years I worked at the same place actually lived a lot closer…some as close as 1/2 mile…than I did. Very, very, very few of them ever rode bikes to work. We had showers, locker rooms, secure parking, and little traffic around the facility.
Of course those same co-workers (not to mention my family) thought I was crazy for living in the city! To the point of never coming and visiting me. I got the last laugh on them since my water bill is cheaper and I’ve never paid a monthly bill for trash pickup.