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yakkoj 🦊Jul 14, 2023

Working from home is an act of reclamation. I shed not one single tear for the end of the abuse that going to an office enables (paying for each day's travel, constant interruptions, terrible work environments designed by executives who don't feel the pain of these environments, etc.)

Rezone that office space as residential and do something about housing affordability.

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maiamaia Jul 17, 2023

@yakkoj because I have to go to work (a manager boyfriend once asked why I didn't work in the clothes shop from home. How does someone that thick get that far? But respect for managing it), people think I'm against it, but it makes my life simpler, I'm for it. If I wanted one thing, it'd be rural bus subsidies or free (not, another bill for the local council to pick up). It's five quid to go five minutes down the road, a narrow 60mph one without footpath or verge. Wales doesn't have $2 tickets

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yakkoj 🦊Jul 17, 2023

@maiamaia hmm... I seem to have forgotten that some people's jobs require physical presence.

I completely agree that there should be readily-available, usable public transit. I really wish my taxes went toward improving this. Instead, I have to drive everywhere and need a car, and the sad state of public transit is easy to forget. (I live in the part of the USA that's not Boston, Chicago, or New York.)

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maiamaia

@yakkoj it doesn't have to be brilliant, but I am convinced that if it was free, car use would halve. My belief is cos it's free for persioners here, & despite eg 3.5 hours on the bus vs. 1hr in the car, they still (before pandemic) flocked to the bus. Anyone who thinks price doesn't change anything has never sold stuff to the public. The mere words "sale" "offer" "reduction" let alone "free" set off a feeding frenzy as in a shoal of fish or a flock of birds.