What he is saying: If you work in KL, you
might as well live somewhere closer. It may be better for your mental health too, since not everyone working in KL can get to their offices through ERL.
His comments also expose some people's short-sightedness. Just because you currently work in an office that is reachable by the ERL, does not mean that you will continue to work there. What if you get a better, irresistable employment offer but
without the logistical benefits, for example in PJ, Ara Damansara, or simply offices in KL that are not reachable by trains - what if you need to take multiple public transports (ERL then LRT then MRT) to get to your new office? Would you accept a 2-hour transit, which is not much better than being stuck in the traffic jam, time-wise?
Kekhitam mentioned it herself, "as long as my company does not kick me out". What if they do and you end up having to travel to KL after-all with a car during normal working hours? She would know, her husband faced those situations - with better offers making him ride his bike to KL - isn't that dangerous? Now he has endangered his own life riding an
inherently dangerous mode of transportation, just because he decided to "settle" so far away from a location with an abundance of employment opportunities - as mentioned earlier, the MSC status locations have spread to KL, companies have no need to anchor themselves to Cyberjaya. And why isn't her husband taking the ERL like you? Most likely due to the fact that his office is not practically reachable by these other modes of public transportation, so he had to ride his own. He is "lucky" that he knows how to ride, would it be prudent to start taking riding lessons just to beat the KL traffic?
Most people would just revert to driving their cars all the way to KL. From Cyberjaya. I just had to make that unfortunate trip today to Prince Court, left at 7:30am, arrived at 9am thanks to everyone else on the road.
Life situation changes and you are better off hedging a little against that.
My previous landlord has a few units in Cyberjaya, he was proud to claim that he was one of the "pioneers of Cyberjaya". Last I heard he was trying to dispose all of his units due to monthly bleeding cash to prop up his installments - it didn't help that I left. These couples are what I would generally-speaking, call smart, astute, professionals. But even they fell into the traps that are
property-investments and investing in Cyberjaya.My friend, can you tell me which property can offer 22x85 freehold strata, within 1 mil, and can reach kl sentral by a 20 minutes train? They are many other considerations also for example ease to send the kids to school etc. as highlighted much earlier but you choose to ignore.
Kl sentral has many means to go many places.... But it is up to people to decide.
Mex is another choice.
Driving 1.5 hours is pretty normal in kl, I used to stay in pj and drive to kl is always 1 hour+ during peak hours. That's why I appreciate the trains. And even you stay near to kl, many of my colleagues are still spending more than 1 hour to drive to work. Again that's why I appreciate the trains.