I don't know if it's Polish specificity but most people work far from home. Everyone goes home for the weekend on Friday evening. Work is insecure, apartments are very expensive and young people live temporarily.
I have been interested in photography all my life and remember quite well developing my first black and white films myself... My favorite subjects are...
Brought to mind travelling up the M1 by car on a Friday evening when we lived in the UK.
Lots of people used to work in London and commute home for the weekend. The motorway traffic was almost at a standstill for hours on a Friday evening with the number of cars on the road.
Not quite the same here, many people work in Melbourne's CBD but live in suburbs that are a long way away. Terrible urban sprawl. And now our very liveable city of Geelong is getting the overflow from Melbourne which has created a sprawl here. Most Australians prefer to live in detached houses rather than apartments.
Here many people take subway or regional train to go at work from their home. As you said, sometimes is difficult to find a home close to your workplace, specially if you have an high rotation
Our area has a mixture of people taking their own cars to work or taking a bus. Either way, their commute can be anywhere from 1 to 2 hours depending on where they work. Those who are working in New York City (about 2 to 2 1/2 hrs.) have the longest commute in the country. But unlike your commuters they do it every day and not on the week ends. Life is busy no matter where you live.
A good view of the busy terminal. Unfortunately where I live there is little public transport. One needs a car, a friend or family member with a car or a good bike or strong pair of legs.
Brought to mind travelling up the M1 by car on a Friday evening when we lived in the UK.
Lots of people used to work in London and commute home for the weekend. The motorway traffic was almost at a standstill for hours on a Friday evening with the number of cars on the road.