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The Soul of the Commuter

Commute got you down? You are not alone. About one in six American workers commutes more than forty-five minutes each way. And 3.5 million people travel an hour and a half each way. New Yorker writer Nick Paumgarten explores the soul of the commuter and studies the social and material trade-offs in the lives of American workers in transit. * Nick Paumgarten, staff writer, New Yorker

Commute got you down? You are not alone. About one in six American workers commutes more than forty-five minutes each way. And 3.5 million people travel an hour and a half each way. New Yorker writer Nick Paumgarten explores the soul of the commuter and studies the social and material trade-offs in the lives of American workers in transit.

* Nick Paumgarten, staff writer, New Yorker