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I have very little sympathy for anyone in this story. There are so many things that could solve this guy's problems. 1. He could buy a bike. 2. He could move closer to work. 3. He could buy a crappy car. 4. He could move to just about any city other than Detroit. I guarantee he could find a labor-based job making $8-10 an hour that wouldn't require him to walk 20 miles every day, if he was just willing to move. The f…
I have very little sympathy for anyone in this story. There are so many things that could solve this guy's problems. 1. He could buy a bike. 2. He could move closer to work. 3. He could buy a crappy car. 4. He could move to just about any city other than Detroit. I guarantee he could find a labor-based job making $8-10 an hour that wouldn't require him to walk 20 miles every day, if he was just willing to move. The f…
How can he afford to move?
> "I say, if this man can get here, walking all those miles through snow and rain, well I'll tell you, I have people in Pontiac 10 minutes away and they say they can't get here — bull!" I say someone with that attitude should help this guy get a car. Good grief. Is this guy respectable and noble, or an excuse for demanding more from his fellow workers? As in "look how determined your coworker is, you should all be do…
The journalist writes 2000+ words, but doesn't even bother asking the guy the most obvious question: why doesn't he buy a bike? In Detroit, biking is doable at least during the 7-8 months of the year with no snow. The guy probably has access to secure locking facilities at home and work as bryanlarsen pointed out. He is paid $84.40 per day at his hourly rate of $10.55/hour so he can definitely afford a working used b…
I bike to and back from work daily 14 mile round trip using a cheap 2nd hand city bicycle. Snow and cold only makes it more fun.
Of course, I am lucky that I am doing it by a choice and could take the bus or drive my car.
The journalist writes 2000+ words, but doesn't even bother asking the guy the most obvious question: why doesn't he buy a bike? In Detroit, biking is doable at least during the 7-8 months of the year with no snow. The guy probably has access to secure locking facilities at home and work as bryanlarsen pointed out. He is paid $84.40 per day at his hourly rate of $10.55/hour so he can definitely afford a working used b…
This was the question on my mind, is biking not an option in Detroit? I bike to and back from work daily 14 mile round trip using a cheap 2nd hand city bicycle. Snow and cold only makes it more fun. Of course, I am lucky that I am doing it by a choice and could take the bus or drive my car.
For me, there's some sort of qualitative difference in a bike ride that goes over something like 10 miles, so I can see why it isn't a first thought for a 23 mile trip.
Why is it that everyone's first response seems to be along the lines of patting this guy on the back for his dedication to getting to work (an applaudable work ethic, to be sure) but no one condemns his employer for his abysmal hourly wage, which is what forces this ridiculous commute? According to TFA, he's a favorite of the company owners—but apparently not such a favorite that they can bump the wages of a worker w…
And then they try to make up for it with free meals and a "family" feel while underpaying his work ethic and loyalty. It's a common trick.
Why is it that everyone's first response seems to be along the lines of patting this guy on the back for his dedication to getting to work (an applaudable work ethic, to be sure) but no one condemns his employer for his abysmal hourly wage, which is what forces this ridiculous commute? According to TFA, he's a favorite of the company owners—but apparently not such a favorite that they can bump the wages of a worker w…
Just because you like somebody who works for you doesn't mean it makes financial sense for the company to pay them more.
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This was the question on my mind, is biking not an option in Detroit? I bike to and back from work daily 14 mile round trip using a cheap 2nd hand city bicycle. Snow and cold only makes it more fun. Of course, I am lucky that I am doing it by a choice and could take the bus or drive my car.
His round trip would be 46 miles. For me, there's some sort of qualitative difference in a bike ride that goes over something like 10 miles, so I can see why it isn't a first thought for a 23 mile trip.
I can't possibly fathom why your first thought to travel 23 miles would be to walk? Biking is OBVIOUSLY so much faster, easier, less straining, etc.
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His round trip would be 46 miles. For me, there's some sort of qualitative difference in a bike ride that goes over something like 10 miles, so I can see why it isn't a first thought for a 23 mile trip.
No his round trip is 23 miles. I can't possibly fathom why your first thought to travel 23 miles would be to walk? Biking is OBVIOUSLY so much faster, easier, less straining, etc.
He walks about 3.5 miles, takes a bus to the edge of its service area, and then walks another 7 miles to the job.
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No his round trip is 23 miles. I can't possibly fathom why your first thought to travel 23 miles would be to walk? Biking is OBVIOUSLY so much faster, easier, less straining, etc.
Getting to and from his factory job 23 miles away in Rochester Hills, he'll take a bus partway there and partway home. And he'll also walk an astounding 21 miles He walks about 3.5 miles, takes a bus to the edge of its service area, and then walks another 7 miles to the job.
"Detroiter James Robertson, 56, walks about 21 miles a day"
So he would only have to bike 21 miles per day.