Why Americans Live So Far Away From Everything

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"Super commuting": when your job is in one metropolitan area and you live in a completely different metro area. With the intensifying housing affordability crisis and the increase in hybrid work schedules, there are more long work trips than ever...but are they really "super"?

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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- Cities That Will Bankrupt You (Location Efficiency Part 1):    • 10 Cities Where Housing + Transportat...  
- Cities Where the Rich Get Richer (Location Efficiency Part 2):    • Where People Spend the Least On Housi...  

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Resources:
- "The Emergence of the 'Super-Commuter'" by Mitchell L. Moss and Carson Qing, Rudin Center for Transportation, New York University Wagner School of Public Service, February 2012: https://wagner.nyu.edu/files/rudincen...
- On The Map web-based tool for US Census LEHD OD statistics: https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropo...
- https://lehd.ces.census.gov/applicati...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megareg...
- https://metrolinktrains.com/globalass...
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UN...
- https://fortune.com/2023/12/16/califo...
- https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news...
- https://www.newsweek.com/housing-cris...
- https://www.gallup.com/workplace/5119...
- https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/ar...
- https://www.businessinsider.com/work-...
- https://www.railpassengers.org/site/a...
- https://www.arenabadminton.com/

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Images
- Power Bank By Guy Sie - https://www.flickr.com/photos/guysie/..., CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Riverside traffic by Flickr user Daniel Orth https://www.flickr.com/photos/danorth... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
- Acela By Fan Railer - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- RPA Megaregions By IrvingPlNYC - Own work, https://web.archive.org/web/201303250..., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- NY colonial By Beyond My Ken - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Philly rowhouse By Difference engine - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Baltimore row houses By Bohemian Baltimore - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- DC row houses By Ian Poellet - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- 2009 Vision for HSR in America By Federal Railroad Administration - http://www.fra.dot.gov/Downloads/RRde..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- San Antonio By Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA - Downtown San Antonio at Night, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Texas Central video    • Life On The Fast Train — A Better Way...  

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CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)

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