On 21/12/2011 14:21, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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On 2011-12-21, Dave Plowman wrote:
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Bill wrote:
We all have the option where we live and work.

No we don't. Life isn't that simple. What if you have dependent
relatives at one location and the only work is at another, as one
small example?

Take the dependant relatives with you when you move close to work.

Odd. You're normally a rather sensible, if somewhat argumentative
person. Have you omitted your medication lately?

It is, of course, up to the individual if they choose to live a long way
from either relatives or work. But if they then whinge on and on about the
time, cost or inconvenience of travelling? And it's not new either Had
colleagues doing just that in the '60s.

Not exactly a choice. We live close to my parents, who we rely on for
part-time childcare, school pick-ups on some days and emergencies. I
have to drive an hour to work. That is where the work is, but I can't
move there, as that'd involve moving away from our family support;
pulling our three children out of their schools; and my wife would have
to drive for an hour the other way to her work. My job is likely to
disappear in 6-12 months and I will then have to find somewhere else to
work - which could easily be an hour in the opposite direction!

SteveW