Saturday, January 24, 2009
Bangkok
Your base location in Bangkok matters. A lot. Where you are living and working defines the amount of time you will spend in traffic. In the central area, much of that time will probably be spent sitting in your car stationary. In order to get from the hotel to an area 2 stops away on the skytrain (about 10 minutes walk) can easily take more than 30 minutes in a taxi if you are not lucky with the traffic. Sometimes I sit in the taxi with a slight feeling of awe when I think of the number of people in Bangkok. That often leads me to think of the wasted man-hours that there traffic jams represent. Bangkok could be so much better off if they did something about the traffic. Probably a aig jump in GDP....
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when are you going to get a job and stop bludging off your poor hardworking wife?
ReplyDeleteS
You would appear to be correct, according to a recent study which notes that "places with sluggish commutes - usually an indication of economic prosperity - tend to have slower subsequent job growth. The findings suggest that more efficient public infrastructure projects, while costly, can spur local economic growth."
ReplyDeleteHere's an article on it: http://www.physorg.com/news152209956.html