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Depending on circumstances, what you save on commuting could allow you to upgrade your living with an extra room.

Commuting costs are easily underestimated but a honest look might reveal that they are substantial:

https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/06/the-true-cost-of-...

Where I live, the people with long commutes are more likely to live outside the city in a house with an extra room. It's the urban apartment dwellers that don't have the extra space.

An extra bedroom in most parts of metro Boston is like an extra $1000-1500, even in the close suburbs. An unlimited pass for public transit is $90/month. A blue bike annual membership is that much per year. It doesn't even come close.

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