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I am fortunate enough to live 10 miles from work. I ride my bike to work twice a week and drive in the other 3 days.

Working close to home is important to me. Spending hours each day stuck in traffic sucks ass. I know, I've done it.
 
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)
 
If theres no traffic my commute is just about 30 minutes.

When you get people on the pkwy pretending they're going to jump off of the overpass bridges (or just get stuck in regular jersey traffic) my commute is about an hour and forty minutes.

its only an internship. and i only get paid $8 hr. which turns into about $5.60 hr after taxes. After gas and tolls; I make nothing ;(
 
Originally posted by: j00fek
get up

brush teeth

get stuff

go in car

start it up

drive
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Indeed, though that's often mitigated by, take care of daughters\pets, take out garbage, deal with broken car.

 
From my bed room to my office.....


About 20 feet.


I drove for about an hour each direction for 7 years straight, I had enough of it.


 
As with jupiter57, I worked union construction, most often in the Bay area. (that's where the maritime construction is). From my house to the last job, (Richmond-San Rafel bridge) it was 93 glorious and fun-filled miles. Usually worked 6 days per week. Less than 1-1/2 hrs to work in the morning, usually 2-1/2 or more going home at night. Add to that a 10-12 hr work day, and by mid-week, you would pass yourself on the freeway going opposite directions. I rarely got more than about 5 hrs. sleep, except for Sunday, (usually had that one off), and I'd try to sleep in, or catch a nap during the mid-morning, IF I had time.
It sucked, get up at 0230, out the door by 0400, rarely get home before 8pm..shower, MAYBE eat dinner, hop into bed, roll over to the other side, get out of bed and start it all over again...
It pays very well, ($35/hr+ a great benefits package) but it DOES take a toll the body and mind...
I averaged 1000-1200 miles per week. Oil change every 3 weeks, new tires at least once per year...and I've done this for MANY years...
Now that I'm on the "injured reserve" list, and most likely can't return, I don't miss that commute at all...
 
My current commute is 30 minutes because I moved home for the summer. My commute when I move back is approximately 1 minute eastbound to school and 1 minute westbound to work.
 
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
It's a lack of options for most people. Affordable housing is usually further from the well-paying jobs.
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Isn't affordable housing for the people with crappy-paying jobs? If you have a well-paying job, can't you afford more expensive housing? 😕
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
As with jupiter57, I worked union construction, most often in the Bay area. (that's where the maritime construction is). From my house to the last job, (Richmond-San Rafel bridge) it was 93 glorious and fun-filled miles. Usually worked 6 days per week. Less than 1-1/2 hrs to work in the morning, usually 2-1/2 or more going home at night. Add to that a 10-12 hr work day, and by mid-week, you would pass yourself on the freeway going opposite directions. I rarely got more than about 5 hrs. sleep, except for Sunday, (usually had that one off), and I'd try to sleep in, or catch a nap during the mid-morning, IF I had time.
It sucked, get up at 0230, out the door by 0400, rarely get home before 8pm..shower, MAYBE eat dinner, hop into bed, roll over to the other side, get out of bed and start it all over again...
It pays very well, ($35/hr+ a great benefits package) but it DOES take a toll the body and mind...
I averaged 1000-1200 miles per week. Oil change every 3 weeks, new tires at least once per year...and I've done this for MANY years...
Now that I'm on the "injured reserve" list, and most likely can't return, I don't miss that commute at all...
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That is insane... that's what I mean when I say that people are crazy to do something like that. It seems that you could have just sold your house, moved to a different area of the country, made 15-20 an hour with similar benefits, and actually enjoyed your life. (not saying that you didn't, but it seems you could have enjoyed it much more) I make about 2/3's of what you did... 2 nights last week, my family went on fishing trips after I got home; nice and relaxing out on the water. We had cookouts on two other nights (bbq chicken, steaks.) It's so much nicer to actually spend time with your family.. I think people are absolutely nuts when they work such long hours and justify it with the higher pay. Besides, when you include the commute time to the hours you worked, it works out to much less per hour.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: BoomerD
As with jupiter57, I worked union construction, most often in the Bay area. (that's where the maritime construction is). From my house to the last job, (Richmond-San Rafel bridge) it was 93 glorious and fun-filled miles. Usually worked 6 days per week. Less than 1-1/2 hrs to work in the morning, usually 2-1/2 or more going home at night. Add to that a 10-12 hr work day, and by mid-week, you would pass yourself on the freeway going opposite directions. I rarely got more than about 5 hrs. sleep, except for Sunday, (usually had that one off), and I'd try to sleep in, or catch a nap during the mid-morning, IF I had time.
It sucked, get up at 0230, out the door by 0400, rarely get home before 8pm..shower, MAYBE eat dinner, hop into bed, roll over to the other side, get out of bed and start it all over again...
It pays very well, ($35/hr+ a great benefits package) but it DOES take a toll the body and mind...
I averaged 1000-1200 miles per week. Oil change every 3 weeks, new tires at least once per year...and I've done this for MANY years...
Now that I'm on the "injured reserve" list, and most likely can't return, I don't miss that commute at all...
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That is insane... that's what I mean when I say that people are crazy to do something like that. It seems that you could have just sold your house, moved to a different area of the country, made 15-20 an hour with similar benefits, and actually enjoyed your life. (not saying that you didn't, but it seems you could have enjoyed it much more) I make about 2/3's of what you did... 2 nights last week, my family went on fishing trips after I got home; nice and relaxing out on the water. We had cookouts on two other nights (bbq chicken, steaks.) It's so much nicer to actually spend time with your family.. I think people are absolutely nuts when they work such long hours and justify it with the higher pay. Besides, when you include the commute time to the hours you worked, it works out to much less per hour.
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Yeah, I remember those days...work 8-10 hrs close to home...I used to fish in the Salmon River in central Idaho after work...
The kind of work I've done, usually requires you to "live to work", rather than "work to live", and you've got to be dedicated to the job. I LIKE what I've done for the past 30 yrs. Some days, yeah, I'd chuck it all for a better offer, but overall, I LIKE the work, and nvever planned to change.
Can't factor the commute time into the wage equation, because IF I wasn't so cheap, I'd have bought a house in the Bay area, instead of buying where homes are more affordable.
It's a trade-off, nicer house with a $1000/ mortgage, in a nice neighborhood=longer days
or
smaller house with a $2500-$3000 mortgage, (maybe in a bad neighborhood) but a shorter commute.
Lots of factors have taken me out of all that, and while I miss the work, and the camaraderie, I DON'T miss that fvcking commute...
 
When not in Iraq, I work as a Paramedic. I work, full time with overtime, 10 days a month, so the drive isn't so bad for me. Depending on what station 45 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes for me.
 
Sometimes the commute is 40 mins, on a bad night it's 2 hours. Not much is worse than sitting in traffic on friday night after a long week, going nowhere fast. But, I do have the best job I've ever had with a great company, and a fantastic boss. Couldn't ask for much more. I guess you can't have everything. If it had to be something, I'm glad it's the commute.
 
doesn't bother me. used to drive about an hour each way. now i have to take the subway which is also about an hour, but it's cool with me.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
It's a lack of options for most people. Affordable housing is usually further from the well-paying jobs.
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Isn't affordable housing for the people with crappy-paying jobs? If you have a well-paying job, can't you afford more expensive housing? 😕
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Do you want to be house-broke?
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
It's a lack of options for most people. Affordable housing is usually further from the well-paying jobs.
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Isn't affordable housing for the people with crappy-paying jobs? If you have a well-paying job, can't you afford more expensive housing? 😕
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What's your definition of a well-paying job?

Even making $60-70k a year I can't afford to live in the city of Atlanta and get the same size house and property that I currently have.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
It's a lack of options for most people. Affordable housing is usually further from the well-paying jobs.
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Isn't affordable housing for the people with crappy-paying jobs? If you have a well-paying job, can't you afford more expensive housing? 😕
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Sorry, I'm from CA. You need a very well paying job to even get the "affordable" housing.
 
Less than four miles from home, so 7-10 minutes for me. Being the business owner who gets to decide company location FTW! 🙂
 
10 minute drive, five minute walk across campus to work. I leave my house when class starts and that saves me maybe five minutes I would have been in traffic.
 
I don't know how it could be done, for me for whatever reason, driving is exhausting, when I drive for like 2 hours, my mind and body feel like I've been doing like SATS or something for the last 4 hours.
 
Hmm, if the weather is nice, and I don't get 3 red lights,
it takes me 10-15 mins to go to work.

If I get all 3 lights red, it may take an extra 3-5 mins.

Several people I work with, drive 40 mins or more,
most because the housing costs are less.

The housing costs being cheaper, vs. the hight cost of fuel, now,
makes a long drive less appealing.
 
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