I live within 5-10 minutes, walking, of two different stations. It's great, my gf works in a center city hospital, and can completely avoid traffic on the way to work and be there in 15 min. We can take the train over to the city, go out and get sloppy, and get dropped off essentially at my door. The Walt Whit and Ben are about 5 minutes from my house as well.
As far as brew jobs, my cousin just started brewing at home, then got a job at a brew pub in the city (nodding head). He was there for at least 2 years I think before he found the job at river horse. There's definitely a niche for those who like craft beer/brewing beer. He read a lot of books, too. Dropped out of school, but worked hard to learn brewing. Now I get all the free river horse i need!