living within walking distance of work - good thing or bad thing?

[Drako]

Why would that be bad?

I wish I did not have the 18 mile 1 hour commute.

 

[brianmanahan]

Why would that be bad?

I wish I did not have the 18 mile 1 hour commute.

18 miles 1 hour???

oh i thought you lived in ohio. san jose? yechh

 

[Leyawiin]

I lived a very short walk to my work for several years while in college. It was a 24 hr business (large hotel) and I have literally had a bellman knocking on my door at 7AM because they morning manager couldn't figure out something I did the night before (and my phone was turned off... for a reason). Good and bad things about it.

 

[Carson Dyle]

It's nice, but for most people, living within a 10 minute walk to work isn't really any more convenient than living within a 10 minute drive. I don't think I'd use that as a major criteria for buying a house.

 

[circusslaughter]

Being an hour from work and moving within 15 minutes, it's definitely a money saver because the commute is less. So yes that would be a very good thing if you could walk everyday! You definitely came out with a good chunk of change at the end of the month not buying fuel as often in the economy.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

At my current job I have a 1.5 mile commute to work. At my last job it was about 15 miles. I much prefer the 1.5 mile commute.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Yeah, living near the workplace is great for the employer to abuse the employee. Why would anyone make a personal life decision on the proximity of their workplace unless they are self-employed?

I live for me, not my employer.

 

[nageov3t]

speaking from experience (used to live right down the block from my office), it's a bit of both.

having basically no commute was amazing. definitely something I miss... I'd punch out at 6 pm and be home by 6:05 pm.

on the other hand, sometimes it felt like I never left work. this was back when I worked at a NOC, and knowing I was so close to the office, I was very high on the on-call list compared to my coworkers who lived 45-60 minutes away. there's also the annoyance of running into coworkers all the time on your days off just while running errands.

 

[Mixolydian]

Right now I live about 15 minutes away from work.

I don't think I would ever want to live closer than 10 mins away. Or farther than 25 mins away.

 

[pmv]

Good thing.
Though when I lived 4 miles from work I lost weight, when I lived a few hundred yards away I put it on. (working on a definition of "walking distance" = anything under 5 miles).

 

[splat_ed]

I'm a 20 min walk and love it. Being close is nice as you will save money on fuel or public transport costs. But I'd look more at what the area's like.