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Nat Cedillo takes a flight on Monday morning and returns to Mexico by Tuesday night.
Nat Cedillo and her husband Santiago moved out of Brooklyn last year. (Representative Image/Unsplash)
Most people relocate to a city or country for their studies or job but for Nat Cedillo, a 30-year-old law student, it’s the opposite. She flies from Mexico City to New York City every week to attend her classes.
According to a report in The New York Post, she takes a flight on Monday morning and returns to Mexico by Tuesday night. This routine helps her complete her final semester at a top law school in Manhattan.
“I travel from Mexico City to New York City so that I can attend my law school classes. It’s exhausting but worth it,” Cedillo told the outlet.
Cedillo and her husband Santiago moved out of Brooklyn last year. They shifted to Mexico City for its better weather and more affordable lifestyle. But Cedillo continued with her law degree in New York and started flying on a weekly basis instead of relocating again.
Since January, she has spent more than $2,000 (approximately Rs 1.7 lakh) on flights, food and short stays in New York. Throughout the 13-week semester, she has taken the more than 4,000-mile round-trip.
According to the outlet, Cedillo is part of a growing number of people who travel long distances regularly for work or education. This trend is often called super-commuting.
The New York Post referred to a Stanford University study, which found that since the pandemic, there has been a 32% rise in the number of people in the US who travel more than 75 miles for work or studies. In New York City, the number rose by 89 per cent in recent years.
Kaitlin Jay, a hairdresser who works on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, also follows this trend. She lives in North Carolina but flies to New York to serve her regular clients. “It’s cheaper than renting my own apartment on the UWS,” she told the Post.
Kyle Rice, a software developer based in Delaware travels across four states several times a week.
“I don’t have to worry about the high cost of living in NYC.” His monthly mortgage is $1,400 (over Rs 1.2 lakh) which is much lower than the average rent of a one-bedroom in Manhattan that costs over $4,400 (around Rs 3.38 lakh).
Cedillo and her husband Santiago also spoke about why they chose to leave New York.
“I love New York, but (before we moved) my husband and I weren’t living in the most lavish neighborhood, and everything was so expensive,” said the soon-to-be lawyers who are planning to take the New York State Bar exam this summer.
When she is not flying back and forth for classes, Cedillo enjoys quieter days with Santiago in Mexico City.
“In Mexico City, we’re able to enjoy a better quality of life. The days I’m not commuting are the best,” she said.
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Delhi, India, India
