Imagine how horrible it would be to spend an hour commuting in the dollar vans with all those Chinese immigrants! See also Scott Sumner's article on this: http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=31723
The fact is that Chinese people earn low wages and still save money in the United States.
[edit: removed the last sentence, apparently I misread.]
i've had commutes over an hour, and still had to have a car - without one itd be on the order of 4 hours.
I misread your comment. My apologies, it was just an error on my part.