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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is "remote work" always put up as a definite "solution" to these types of problems?   Not all work can be "remote."

Doctors
Teachers
First responders
Military
Government jobs involving specific security clearances
Restaurant/retail workers

Do all of you live in such a bubble that you don't think about that?[/quote]

It's just a suggestion.  Many of the options put out there might not be possible, doesn't mean that that they shouldn't be mentioned.  It has nothing to do with living in a bubble.  Without knowing the OP's exact situation people are just sharing ideas that have worked for them.  [b]We live in DC where there is no busing for public school kids, [/b]but I'm not going to attack people if they suggested that to me without knowing I live in DC.[/quote]

So every student in DC is driven to school by their parents?  Or is there no public school busing because students live within a reasonable walk/public transportation commute so school buses are unnecessary?[/quote]

Well, if kids go to their neighborhood elementary school, theoretically they can walk there.  But some schools have really big boundaries so the school isn't really close enough to walk so yes, they are driven by their parents.  But many kids go to out-of-bound schools and therefore must find their own rides.  Middle and high school kids that can't walk either get rides or take the metro/public bus.

In our case, we bought a small house on a loud street in a neighborhood where all three schools are walkable and our work commutes are short.  We did this in order to make all our commutes short and easy, but we had to make financial sacrifices to do so.[/quote]

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