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Some workers may have fallen into super-commuting somewhat by accident. That was the case for Daryl Fairweather, chief economist for Redfin, a real estate company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. In autumn 2020, she and her husband moved to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin – a tiny resort town of 8,000 people – to be closer to her husband’s family. They’ve been there ever since. “We just decided to stay, we liked it so much,” she says. “I’ve always lived in cities my entire life, and this is my first time living in a rural area. I’m surprised with how much I like it.”