Htown Harry
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Here are a couple of stories on the increasing numbers of "supercommuters", workers who live in one place and work many, many miles away.
Super Commuters Take the Morning Plane - Businessweek
Canadian version:
The rise of the super-commuter | Features | Economy | News | Financial Post
Link to the NYU study:
http://wagner.nyu.edu/rudincenter/publications/supercommuter_report.pdf
Seems to me that the ER.org group might have a fair number of super commuters. I recall one of our Texas members lives in east Texas and commutes weekly to Louisiana (or is it vice versa?).
Mainly, though, I'm curious about any experiences relocating to live in a retirement location way out in supercommuter territory while [-]working through the "one more year" syndrome[/-] on the glide path to an ER date.
Super Commuters Take the Morning Plane - Businessweek
Canadian version:
The rise of the super-commuter | Features | Economy | News | Financial Post
Link to the NYU study:
http://wagner.nyu.edu/rudincenter/publications/supercommuter_report.pdf
I skeptical of the percentages they give, but I have no doubt the trend is increasing.The twenty-first century is emerging as the century of the “super-commuter,” a person who works in the central county of a given metropolitan area, but lives beyond the boundaries of that metropolitan area, commuting long distance by air, rail, car, bus, or a combination of modes.i The super-commuter typically travels once or twice weekly for work, and is a rapidly growing part of our workforce. The changing structure of the workplace, advances in telecommunications, and the global pattern of economic life have made the super-commuter a new force in transportation.
Many workers are not required to appear in one office five days a week; they conduct work from home, remote locations, and even while driving or flying. The international growth of broadband internet access, the development of home-based computer systems that rival those of the workplace, and the rise of mobile communications systems have contributed to the emergence of the super-commuter in the United States.
Seems to me that the ER.org group might have a fair number of super commuters. I recall one of our Texas members lives in east Texas and commutes weekly to Louisiana (or is it vice versa?).
Mainly, though, I'm curious about any experiences relocating to live in a retirement location way out in supercommuter territory while [-]working through the "one more year" syndrome[/-] on the glide path to an ER date.
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