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Originally Posted by Policy Wonk
So just how often do you propose one moves?
In the time I have lived in my current house I have worked both downtown and in various suburban and industrial locations.
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Clearly your choice of work locations - which are choices - form your entire methodology of choosing where you live. Most professionals can manage these things - particularly after the first ten years of your working life.
You will find that most people who live in or close to suburban nodes have not moved from there for many years - and they do that by ensuring when they change jobs the work is accessible for them.
I recall when I graduated I had three job offers. One in the North, one in DT and one in the South. I live North-Central and based my selection not only on the quality of the job but also on location and accessibility - ended up being in the North close to me. That allowed me to also remain close to other family and in the vicinity of schools and services that we require. It is those underlying considerations that we should all be ensuring people consider when deciding where to live, instead of assuming it must be X or Y. Many of the singles in the smallish inner city rental units don't have those additional considerations as all they require is pay-per-view and a bottle of lotion.
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Originally Posted by fusili
Great point. This is why I advocate for employment to concentrate around rapid transit lines. If you moved work locations several times, the only change in your commute should be what transfers you make. Of course this will not be the preference for everyone, but concentrating employment on rapid transit stations at least gives people the choice to use transit that adapts to their changing location of work.
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Agreed in that any decent location, urban or suburban, needs to be in or extremely close to a TOD node.
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