I lived in Madrid, Spain, for a good while. I had three options:
Do a 1.5 hours commute in public transportation,
do a 30 mins commute by car but leaving home 30 mins earlier than by public transportation to avoid all the traffic (and then leave work around 1 hour later than my shift ended to do the same on the way back).
Or pay a rent that was higher than my paycheck lo live somewhere closer to my workplace.
It’s not just the US.
I’d agree tho that only in the US people have this mentality about working being more important than anything else.
I lived in Madrid, Spain, for a good while. I had three options:
Do a 1.5 hours commute in public transportation,
do a 30 mins commute by car but leaving home 30 mins earlier than by public transportation to avoid all the traffic (and then leave work around 1 hour later than my shift ended to do the same on the way back).
Or pay a rent that was higher than my paycheck lo live somewhere closer to my workplace.
It’s not just the US.
I’d agree tho that only in the US people have this mentality about working being more important than anything else.
Japan would like a word…
Let’s not break the self righteous narrative here.