Editing Commuting (section)

=== Commuting and the scarcity of local employment ===
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[[Commuting]] is often made necessary due to local employment market factors which may stem from the decline of [[manufacturing]] (i.e., in cities where large manufacturing [[Employment|employers]] have either closed or laid off workers, with no other employers to absorb that loss) and, in general, the sheer lack of local employment. More specifically, wages from local employers are often insufficient for a worker household to sustain itself. As a result, the needs of worker [[Household|households]] must be sustained and this leads to a wider field of job search beyond a local area to the next nearest city or metropolitan area, resulting in the requirement for commuting. Hence, in areas where little or no transit options exist that can facilitate a journey to work to meet the requirements of a worker schedule, the use of a car is therefore made necessary. This is a personal choice driven by financial need, highlighting the broader issue of sustaining local economies.