@BrentToderian Or, reasons everyone should work from home, if you ask me.

I'm also not sure if "a short walk vs. a long commute" is preferred due to *walking* (exercise, sunlight, meeting people... ech!) or to being *short*. How does a 5 minute drive compare to a 40 minute walk, happiness-wise? (At my prior job, 2014-2019, I could have walked the 1.5 miles in ~40 minutes. I drove, instead. This let me go home and have lunch with my family, ignore prevailing weather, and so on.)

@LizardSF @BrentToderian I agree there should be more walkable streets, but having grown up in and lived in London overall safety of the city is also a big factor.

Not just avoiding being knocked down by cars but not having to run the gauntlet of racists, harrassers, potential robbers and dealing with a generally hostile atmosphere, which is what I also remember from my days in London (as I was younger I put up with it, but its not something I want to deal with in my 50s)