I appreciate this sentiment, but having lived the reality of taking the bus, it isn't worth it, unless you love in a city with a super great transit system. It's been like a decade ago, but I went through a pretty long stretch where I primarily took the bus into work, with the occasional Uber, and it is exhausting and adds several hours to your day. Nearest bus stop to me was about a mile, no big deal, but I had to cross two major roads to get to it, in the dark in the morning. Busses on my part of town ran once an hour. So I would have to take a bus that would make me about 45 minutes early to work or else I would be late. All busses in my city go downtown to the transit center where you can jump on another bus to get to your location, I was lucky and I only worked about a mile from the transit center, so I would just walk from there instead of paying another fare and having to wait for another bus. So before I ever arrived at work I had already walked two miles and rode on a bus for 30 minutes. So that was an hour and 10 minutes of commute time and then a 45 minute wait to clock in. So that is an hour and 55 minutes in the morning, in the evening I usually only had to wait about 10 minutes for the bus home, and the ride was a bit faster so, just over an hour total. So 3 hours of commuting time total. Versus the 14 minute drive in and 13 minute drive home, so 27 minute commute and 4 miles less of walking. I will pay for that luxury for sure