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Originally Posted by BigPoppa
I read a study recently that said the biggest correlation they could find with happiness was not income or even what you did for a living, but commute time.
The study said that almost everyone who commuted over an hour was ****ing miserable regardless of how well they were paid or how much they said they liked their job or how awesome their house was. People with commutes under 15 minutes were the happiest, even if they didn't make much money.
I said this in OOT a while back and a bunch of people came out and defended commuting as something that they loved.
I have no issue with accepting the study's findings for two reasons.
First, commuting is something that you do every day. It is how you start and end your day and it is going to have a major impact on how your day goes.
Second, commuting is correlated with a bunch of other items that factor into happiness -- socializing, financial status, physical wellness, etc As such even if the commute itself is not directly causing the lack of happiness it still works as an indicator.