XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/23/2014 12:27 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > In article , Bernard Peek   
   >  wrote:   
   >> On 22/01/14 20:30, Your Name wrote:   
   >>> In ye olde days, "commuting to work" for most people meant walking a   
   >>> relatively short distance. These days some people can travel for two   
   >>> hours or more on a fast train just to get to work, working and living   
   >>> in what are actually two different cities ... which is rather crazy.   
   >>   
   >> When the company I worked for did a big survey we found that 80% of   
   >> London residents live less than two miles from where they work.   
   >   
   > I don't think surveys from 1762 mean much today.   ;-)   
   >   
   > The problem is "surveys" are never accurate because they simply ask far   
   > too few people and then "extrapolate" (i.e. guess) for everyone else.   
   > Then you've got people who lie, either knowingly or unknowingly ..   
   > realistically, without using the meter in their car's dashboard, how   
   > many people would have any clue of the exact distance from one place to   
   > another?   
   >   
   > A quick Google search turns up statistics for 2012 (from equally   
   > unreliable surveys) which say London workers have an average commute   
   > time of "75 minutes" ... over an hour to travel "less than two miles"   
   > would mean traffic (both pedestrians and vehicles) is horrendously bad   
   > or maybe public transport basically useless.   :-)   
   >   
   Well, both are causes of the other.  ;)   
      
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