Before I came to this country, or maybe I should say came to the New York area, about 17 years ago, I could not imagine a daily commute of more than an hour total. Currently, I commute on average three hours each day!
And I am for sure not alone with that kind of extra curricular effort, I would even go so far as to say that most people here in the Tri-State area commute at least two hours daily.
So, let's do some math:
Let's say that only one million people in the Tri-State area (I think it's way more) commute two hours each day. These people earn on average - hm - let's say fifteen Dollars an hour (again I think it's more).
That makes daily 2,000,000 hours in transit, and a possible $ 30,000,000 lost in income (if they could have worked instead)! And two million hours are more than 228 years! Daily! In commute! Just wasted!
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