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Originally Posted by Hugh Janus
The time saved argument is relative.
I was looking into buying a place upstate. We stayed up in our area of choice for two weeks last summer. While it was beautiful and peaceful and the rat-race induced stress was reduced to a minimum, what we learned whilst being up there was that while traffic sucks, we still had to drive a great deal every time we wanted to do something. So yea, traffic sucks, but Cub Scouts are 2 minutes away, little league is 5 minutes away, school is 3 minutes away, bread and milk are 4 minutes away, church is right here, etc etc etc...the time shaved off your daily work commute comes back tenfold on your personal time.
This example applies to rural re-locations only and especially affects those with young kids. YMMV.
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Or you learn to live your life around your home/family/neighbors/friends instead of various institutions, as people have pretty much always done, and continue to do in many places where living the rat-race hasn't become the accepted norm.
When you have enough time to actually have a life apart from work, you can assume the responsibilities which you are now delegating to institutions and strangers. Home becomes more than just a place to sleep and to regroup to between various activities. You get to become a parent again, instead of a chauffeur.