{"id":3956,"date":"2010-04-05T04:21:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T09:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=3956"},"modified":"2010-04-05T04:21:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T09:21:54","slug":"ponder-this-the-commuting-paradox-37signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/04\/05\/ponder-this-the-commuting-paradox-37signals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponder This :: The commuting paradox &#8211; (37signals)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Most people travel long distances with the idea that they\u2019ll accept the  burden for something better, be it a house, salary, or school. They  presume the trade-off is worth the agony. But studies show that  commuters are on average much less satisfied with their lives than  noncommuters. A commuter who travels one hour, one way, would have to  make 40% more than his current salary to be as fully satisfied with his  life as a noncommuter, say economists Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer of  the University of Zurich\u2019s Institute for Empirical Research in  Economics. People usually overestimate the value of the things they\u2019ll  obtain by commuting \u2013 more money, more material goods, more prestige \u2013  and underestimate the benefit of what they are losing: social  connections, hobbies, and health. \u201cCommuting is a stress that doesn\u2019t  pay off,\u201d says Stutzer\u2026Commuting is also associated with raised blood  pressure, musculoskeletal disorders, increased hostility, lateness,  absenteeism, and adverse effects on cognitive performance.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/37signals.com\/svn\/posts\/2253-the-commuting-paradox\">The commuting paradox &#8211; (37signals)<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people travel long distances with the idea that they\u2019ll accept the burden for something better, be it a house, salary, or school. They presume the trade-off is worth the agony. But studies show that commuters are on average much less satisfied with their lives than noncommuters. A commuter who travels one hour, one way, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/04\/05\/ponder-this-the-commuting-paradox-37signals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ponder This :: The commuting paradox &#8211; (37signals)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ponder","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}