However, it is interesting to notice that people traveling more than three hours for work are no more anxious than people who have a one- to fifteen-minute commute. We do not fully understand why the negative effects of the commute seem to vanish once you hit three hours. Perhaps this group can make better use of their commute by reading or working—and perhaps they have made a conscious choice to work in London but live in the countryside and the benefits of their living environment counteract the negative effect of the commute.
