At many mercantile families, employees up to tedai rank were expected to live with the merchant and his family, so the employee in banto position was finally freed from this obligation and was allowed to commute from his own home.
また、丁稚は勿論のこと手代までは住み込みを原則とする商家が多く、番頭になってようやく住み込みから解放され、通い（自宅通勤）が許されるといったケースが多かった。