Art student Tim Chen lives in Calgary, Canada, and lives in Vancouver. He cannot afford to rent an apartment in Vancouver, so he travels to university by plane.
A return flight from Calgary to Vancouver costs around 150 Canadian dollars (around 100 euros) Chen earns around 1,200 Canadian dollars a month (around 820 euros), less than half of what would be due in rent. The duration of a one-way flight between Calgary and Vancouver is approximately one and a half hours, so Chen should spend around three hours on board a plane per seminar day.