How long is your daily commute?

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How long is your daily commute?

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bignateyk

Lifer
Apr 22, 2002
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I get out of bed and walk 30 feet to the computer...:p

I remember commuting for work though...Some jobs, only 30-45 minutes, but most were 1.5 hours or more each way. That sucks...especially if I had to make the drive during the rush hour periods when it could easily take 3 hours.


I know some people who live in West Virginia and commute to DC every day for work. I think i'd off myself before doing that.
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
100,194
17,888
126
about an hour. distance is about 30.5km. All within the city.
 
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Scouzer

Lifer
Jun 3, 2001
10,358
5
0
It's about 15km and it takes 10-15 minutes... mostly depending if I stop at Timmys or not.
 

tfinch2

Lifer
Feb 3, 2004
22,114
1
0
20 minutes each way if there is no traffic. There is never traffic going to work.

It takes about 45-60 minutes on the same route to get home if I leave the office before 7:00 PM, which I usually do not do. For days that I do, I take a back way that never has traffic, but takes 30 minutes.
 

mk

Diamond Member
Apr 26, 2000
3,231
0
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About 35 minutes. Includes 10 minutes of walking. A couple of minutes could probably be shaved off.
 

schneiderguy

Lifer
Jun 26, 2006
10,801
91
91
6 minute walk. Possibly 7 or 8 minutes if I get distracted by a hot college girl walking around on my way to the engineering building.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,557
13,801
126
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Maybe 2km give or take, never actually measured. Takes about 10 minutes in summer, 5 minutes in winter.

I would go insane if I had to commute super long every single day.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
66,260
14,690
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I know some people who live in West Virginia and commute to DC every day for work. I think i'd off myself before doing that.

I drove into the SF Bay area 5, 6, and sometimes 7 days per week for several years. Depending on the job, it was anywhere from 75 miles one way to 130 miles one way...

Doing oil changes every 3,000 miles...that was an oil change at least once per month...and new tires every year.
 

xanis

Lifer
Sep 11, 2005
17,571
8
0
Maybe 2km give or take, never actually measured. Takes about 10 minutes in summer, 5 minutes in winter.

I would go insane if I had to commute super long every single day.

It does suck, I'm not going to lie. On the other hand I'm just glad that I have a job to commute to. :D
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
72,833
33,874
136
About forty minutes for a 22 mile drive. When I started this job there were no traffic lights between home and office. Now there are eight lights plus two new school zones. One thing I miss about my old job was that I could walk to work in about five minutes. Commuting takes a huge chunk out of the day.

Next year our office is supposed to move to a different part of town which should cut my commute by 15 minutes each way.
 
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NatePo717

Diamond Member
Jun 6, 2005
3,392
4
81
An hour and 45 minutes today.... It's a 29 mile commute into Boston. With no traffic it takes me 25 to 30 minutes... Usually it's an hour.
 

Modelworks

Lifer
Feb 22, 2007
16,240
7
76
Only have to travel about 30 feet but it takes me 2 hours to get there. Wake up, hit snooze, wake up, shower, eat breakfast, snooze, yell at cats, feed cats, etc.
 

Riverhound777

Diamond Member
Aug 13, 2003
3,360
61
91
Takes me about 15 minutes. I can't imagine driving for 3 hours each day. I'd have to be getting paid 300k+ to do that. And a 4 day work week. And company car, a comfortable one.
 

BurnItDwn

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
26,352
1,861
126
20 miles ... usually takes 45 mins due to heavy traffic, except now there's road construction on approx 93.7&#37; of the roads, so it takes an extra 30 mins or so. It's fvcking aggravating.