Everybody’s situation is different but the cost of commuting is higher than most people think.
Without commuting the car lasts longer, has lower maintenance, no paid parking (if applicable), no tolls (if applicable), less gas usage etc.
“Everybody’s situation is different but the cost of commuting is higher than most people think.
Without commuting the car lasts longer, has lower maintenance, no paid parking (if applicable), no tolls (if applicable), less gas usage etc.”
That is something I have found out. Been a pleasant surprise.
While working, it was annoying to have to pay ever larger parking fees and tolls. Parking lots and garages would raise their prices, and some drivers would switch to taking trains and buses resulting in the parking lots being empty for a couple weeks. But the trains and buses would raise their fees resulting in them being empty for a couple weeks. Everyone would eventually give up and pay the higher prices.
Over the decades, parking lot fees went from $2 a day to $25 a day and higher - and that's if you can find one that isn't full. Then there are gas price increases and toll increases on the bridges. Not to mention ever longer wasted times in clogged traffic costing more gasoline use. Glad to have left that rat race behind.