Right, but it doesn’t matter whether I’m closer than others (positional good) but whether I’m close enough that I can easily get between them (absolute good). If the world were a chessboard and only one person could live on each square then these would be the same, and it would turn into a positional good because of competition for desirable locations. But it isn’t, and we can build up enormously, which means lots of people can have a short commute and be near their friends.
Right, but it doesn’t matter whether I’m closer than others (positional good) but whether I’m close enough that I can easily get between them (absolute good). If the world were a chessboard and only one person could live on each square then these would be the same, and it would turn into a positional good because of competition for desirable locations. But it isn’t, and we can build up enormously, which means lots of people can have a short commute and be near their friends.