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45-60mins but avg is 50mins.

I do it because I get paid and I wouldn't want to live closer as then it would be further from my various sports clubs and easy access to central London.

Koing
 
roughly 30 mins. depending on traffic too, and in Riverside, its random. so I voted 30-1hr

Its been a year so far, and its not too bad. Temporary fix for a new job...
 
My old commute was 1hr each way (I could get it down to 30 minutes going absolutely batshit on the return trip in the middle of the night. I found out my car gets better fuel economy riding the limiter than at 65 that way.) It's not bad at highway speeds, when you don't really have to care much about driving. You find yourself playing mindgames sometimes, pretending you're someone else, driving a much better car, etc.

My present commute is about 45 minutes, and covers only a few god damned blocks. Hatehatehatehatehatehatehatehatehatehatehatehatehatehatehate. Traffic is satan. I'm going to buy a bicycle as soon as I can, but biking in the summer is COMPLETELY out, because there are daily torrential downpours, and biking in the winter is almost a total wash, because it snows like crazy. Spring and fall are doable.

 
well i was working on a contract for a place outside of chicago (about a 40 min drive) when they offered me a job that was about 2 hours away from home. at first i said no but then they threw a LOT of money at me. There was no way i was going to get anywhere near even half what i was getting paid if i tried to get a job near home.


I do not mind driving. heck i used to enjoy the drive home. it gave me time to unwind and get out of the work mode. not to mention it was all nearly tollway until i got into near chicago then it sucked. in the winter i would drive about 30 min in and take the train. that way i could read or such the rest of the way.

edit: also my wife would not move any farther east then what we are. she really does not like living in big cities that much.
 
60 miles each way (120 miles round trip per day)

My employer requested that I do it. My office was only 27 miles away from my home, but I don't have a choice now.
 
Recently got out of this commute, but...

My local library - not good. Library near my employer - much better. Paid for a membership and started working through books on tape.

I go through phases so sometimes I am a public radio junkie, other times I pick a podcast and listen to much of that. Got a voice recorder so I can talk to myself and brainstorm through things or just holler out ideas and capture them for later use.

I don't miss the drive time, but I do kinda miss the thinking time. Not enough to go back to the commute tho.
 
My commute for about a year was 10 minutes. Then, the following year (I moved), it was about 1 hour, assuming good traffic. In bad traffic, an hour and a half.

I had another job, for a few months, that had me driving ~130 miles from my house to my office. It took me around 2:15 to get there, it was all country roads and highway. I'm rather surprised how much I miss that job.

My current job is 25 miles from my house, and takes anywhere from 35-45 minutes to get there.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
My old commute: 19 minutes.
My new commute (I moved) 5 minutes

I think people are nuts to travel for over 2 hours. Apparently their definition of "quality of life" is owning a nicer home vs. actually spending time with the family. (No offense meant)
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I'm glad to hear someone else agree with me on that. The only way I'd put up with a long commute would be if I got to bike ride it and / or get some work done on a train (think laptop) so that the time wouldn't be wasted (I'd be training on the bike anyway or at work anyway, follow me?).

 
Fvck that. I'm doing it now and it sucks. On friday, I close on my new house which is 0.4 miles from the office instead of 40 😀
 
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