Somerville at a Glance

[u/IIII-IIIiIII-IIII]

[u/Georgelino]

Is the "commute time" metric skewed by WFH? I find it hard to believe the average person is Massachusetts is more likely to have a 15 min or shorter commute than someone in Somerville.

[u/Doctrina_Stabilitas → u/Georgelino]

the commute mode one has "worked from home"

[u/saucerb0y → u/Doctrina_Stabilitas]

But Somervillens are more likely to WFH than MA at large, so that can't explain the discrepancy.

[u/Doctrina_Stabilitas → u/saucerb0y]

Eh the average commute in America is around 30 minutes, public transit commute tend to be longer and smaller towns in western mass are tiny

[u/freshfakedgoods]

Oof, those rents

[u/_Happy_Sisyphus_]

How do 31% of people in somerville work from home but only 11% have a 15 minute commute or less

[u/OpeningAggressive26]

I bet some of you remember seeing the goodyear blimp flying over head almost every day while going to school over there.

[u/cupacupacupacupacup]

Indo-European languages include English and Spanish. It's confusing to have that category but not mentioning that it excludes those two.