The question &quot;<i>now that you&#x27;re here</i>, what would you do if the buses disappeared&quot; does <i>not</i> accurately account for people who made the decision to live further away from work because they know there is an employee-sponsored bus to shield them from the economic and time consequences of their actions.<p>The question that is not asked by this article is &quot;<i>would you have moved to the city</i> if there were no buses?&quot;  It&#x27;s an important distinction.