Do Commuting Costs Make Your Home Too Expensive?
Barry Ragin over at Dependable Erection pointed me to this neat Housing and Transportation Affordability map. It lets you peer into metropolitan areas and compare the traditional affordable housing areas [median home price less than 30% of median income] with their new index — housing plus transportation costs less than 45% of median income. It’s an interesting look at how commuting costs change the true cost of housing.
The site also have several maps looking at fuel costs, greenhouse gas emissions, total commuting time and just about any other factoid relating to housing and transportation. It’s worth taking a few minutes to play around with it.
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