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CalRobert on March 7, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls

Well, letting people build homes near jobs so the distances traveled are shorter (or walked, or cycled) also helps.

jdhawk on March 7, 2017 [–]

So, change jobs and buy/sell your house?

Switching costs are high, even as rentors. (Moving Costs, Deposits)

CalRobert on March 7, 2017 | [–]

Yeah. It'll take a while. Existing costs are high too (gas, insurance, getting killed in crashes or by pollution, environment)

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