During the pandemic, an exodus of professionals left their urban jungle flats for sprawling suburban homes in more scenic rural areas—and now, despi

Professionals would rather ‘super-commute’ for over 4 hours a day and keep their pandemic-style suburban life than live near the office

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2024-12-03 06:30:26

During the pandemic, an exodus of professionals left their urban jungle flats for sprawling suburban homes in more scenic rural areas—and now, despite cities bouncing back and offices reopening, they’d rather commute for hours on end on a train (or plane) than give up their newfound life on the outskirts.

Recent research by Trainline shows that the number of people in the U.K. spending more than three hours getting to work and back—otherwise known as “super-commuting”—has doubled since before the pandemic.

Although super-commuters are defined as those with journeys to work of least 90 minutes one way, the train ticket platform found that most actually spend at least two hours traveling in each direction.

Perhaps surprisingly, most super-commuters aren’t those lucky few who only have to show face in the office once in a blue moon.

Most professionals who moved far from the office during the pandemic say they have hybrid working to thank (or blame) for their new commuting habit and for being able to keep their after-work country lifestyle.