Great point. And this matches my experience as a Long Islander who was “only an hour” away from the city. When someone proposes, “Hey, we should go into the city!”, I recall it being met with hesitation more proportional to a hectic 2-2.5 hour trip than an easy hour long ride.
If the nearness to the city is a big factor for MIRI, and it sounds like it is, I think it’d make sense to get more data points on this subjective feeling of how big the hassle is. As well as data points on how long the trip actually takes, because adding up subway + walking + whatever seems very prone to the planning fallacy.
Plus, you are limited to making the trip while trains are running (so, no late-night hangouts then sleeping in your own bed).
I know that for the Long Island RailRoad, it still runs late at night, eg. 3am. It’s just that the frequency of departures goes down, eg. to once an hour. I’ve done the come home at 3am thing a bunch of times.
Great point. And this matches my experience as a Long Islander who was “only an hour” away from the city. When someone proposes, “Hey, we should go into the city!”, I recall it being met with hesitation more proportional to a hectic 2-2.5 hour trip than an easy hour long ride.
If the nearness to the city is a big factor for MIRI, and it sounds like it is, I think it’d make sense to get more data points on this subjective feeling of how big the hassle is. As well as data points on how long the trip actually takes, because adding up subway + walking + whatever seems very prone to the planning fallacy.
I know that for the Long Island RailRoad, it still runs late at night, eg. 3am. It’s just that the frequency of departures goes down, eg. to once an hour. I’ve done the come home at 3am thing a bunch of times.