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Commuting is a basically fixed cost from "I'm driving to mcdonalds for my 4 hour shift" to "$500k/yr FAANG dev", so is it not worth pointing out that that's a much higher proportion of low wages? Nor am I charged for my top of the line macbook pro, despite it costing many times more than the work shoes in this low paid jobs.

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commuting should definitely be factored in. You don't commute for fun, you only commute for the job. It's an expense that occurs every time you work and, as you said, a fixed cost that becomes more important the lower paying your job is.

In the end, it's what you take home and that's what the article is about.

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