What is it like commuting between Detroit and the burbs? This man made the news a few years ago for his commute. He lives in Detroit, because he can’t afford to live in the burbs, but he works in Rochester Hills. His old car broke down, but he can’t afford to get it repaired. So, he uses city buses, and feet. He walks a mile or so from his house to a bus stop in Detroit. Rides the bus to the city of Troy. Then walks seven miles, to get a city bus that gets him to work. The report overstates some things, it’s 10 miles of walking each way, not 21, and the car that broke down was an 88. He had not been making the walk since 88. But the bottom line was he left his house at 8am to get to work for his shift at 2pm.
After he made the news, someone started a go fund me account, and a Ford dealer stepped up, and they gave him a new car, because that is the only reasonable way he can get to work.