The three-hour commute
Even on the weekends, getting to Mount Pocono from New York City is a 2.5 hour journey. As someone who couldn't deal with the 75-minute Baltimore-DC commute, I have no idea how these people live their lives.
What do we have to thank for this? The differential in the tax treatment of new home and repair loans, the antiquated property tax assesment system and the unequal state financing of schools.
Thousands of people commuting from Pennsylvania to New York is not the natural course of things -- it's the result of years of deliberate policies that destroy central cities and favor destruction and expansion over rebuilding.
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rj3 | 10:49 AM |
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A coworker of mine at a former job commutes every day to downtown DC from Culpeper. (no, there is no real reason that anyone living in DC not overly interested in Civil War battlefields should have any idea where the **** Culpeper is)
She leaves her house at 2:30 AM and gets home at about 10.
I would sooner live in, say, a slum on U St.
And I'm thinking of moving back to the south end of Baltimore, as I refuse to spend more than $800/month on housing that does not involve gaining equity.
As someone who goes to school in Scranton (the nearby big city)...
Oh...my...God...
SOMEONE GET THIS PLACE A TRAIN!
I can't drive (blind), so I'm stuck here unless parents deign to come grab me for a weekend.
Annoying.
