I agree with the overall sentiment, but the commute time needed to avoid theme park status is more variable. Like, a 30 minute commute would be well under average for NYC and that’s not a theme park (outside of Times Square).

[–] edge@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ideally the workers would live in a 15 minute range of their job as well. They should be able to walk to work the same way you can walk there to get a coffee.

[–] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hot take but unfortunately most of Manhattan below 59th is a theme park these days.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To an extent, it’s an inevitability when you’re talking about a tourism heavy city plus large swaths that exist almost entirely for day job commuters. But that also means that the white collar worker coming in from New Jersey often has a longer commute than the service worker coming in from low income housing in the outer boroughs so the dynamic isn’t always the same as what the tweet is getting at.

[–] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah broadly I think your point is still correct.

[–] Grandpa_garbagio@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

Philly has neighborhoods that are theme park, but a few blocks over the real estates cheaper and that's where the workers live.