Commuting sucks.

[Desdichado]

I drive about 30-35 minutes one way. I wouldn't like any commute much longer than that, but oddly enough, I'm not sure I'd want one much shorter either. It gives me enough time to get my head straight before coming into work, and (even more importantly) get it straight again before coming home. I also have started checking out audiobooks from the public library and cruising through them during the commute.

 

[Xath]

I used to work a job where it would take me an hour to get there at best. At worst, I think it took me 3 hours to get home. But I loved that job, and I could read on the metro, so I didn't care.

Now I work on campus, which is about a 20-25 minute walk from my apartment. I usually pick up a paper in the morning and read it on my way to work.

 

[Mystery Man]

Do you commute? How long does it take you? What's the absolute longest commute you'd be willing to put up with?

Rant with me!!

20 minute drive, about 17 miles, 50-50 between street and interstate. Not much to rant about other than the occasional moron holding up traffic or the damn road construction.

 

[Kanegrundar]

I with you Queen D. I drive and hour and ten minutes to and from work every day (though with the work on I-70 into KC right now that drive home can be up to 2 hours). I hate it, but we can't buy a new house just yet, and my job may move closer to KC, so I'm just going to wait it out until October at the earliest.

Kane

 

[Arnwyn]

Do you commute? How long does it take you? What's the absolute longest commute you'd be willing to put up with?

If you mean "getting to work", then yes, I do commute. It takes me no more than 20 minutes in early rush hour traffic (I try to get into the office by 7:45 am). The longest commute I'd ever consider is 30 minutes - not one minute more.

Rant with me!!!!

Not me. One of my criteria for buying my current house was to keep any commute to under 30 minutes (which one can easily do in the size of the city that I live). So I do agree with you - commuting sucks a whole lot in general.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

About 35-45 minutes either way, depending on traffic. I used to have an hour long one way commute, but not because of traffic...just because I lived a long way from the job. I actually don't mind the drive, especially now that I'm finally driving again after my accident!

 

[Dingleberry]

30 miles from my western suburb to Chicago's Loop; hour and a half door to door. It sucks, but it's worth it to not live in downtown Chicago anymore - though my previous 20 minute walking commute was pretty sweet.

 

[smootrk]

My last office location could be measured in a couple of hundred yards as a crow flies, although I had to go around the area with Railroad Tracks and Construction equipment storage ( in Henderson NV, a suburb area of Las Vegas). Total time to work, maybe 4 minutes with a car, by foot a little longer by traveling over the field, but it is generally too hot there to do that often.

Now, strangely enough, I am the Stay-At-Home-Dad, and my wife is the bread-winner as a Physical Therapist. So my commute is from my bedroom, to my living room, to my kids' rooms, and the kitchen. Fun to stay with the kids but can be a little boring sometime. When my children get a little bigger, and into school, I will likely start up my business again.

 

[cuteasaurus]

I have a pretty low tolerance for commutes, especially since soon I'll be "on-call" However, now that I think about it, I did drive about an hr to get to work for a summer a couple of years ago. Longest commute? A lot of my coworkers at the CDC had 2 hr commutes...each way! But, I can't say I blame them...who wants to live in Atlanta?

 

[JamesDJarvis]

I have a 37.5 mile commute. Depending on traffic conditions which are seemingly totally random and are never reported accurately this can take me 0.5 hour to 2.5 hours to drive.

Argghhhhhhhhhh !!!!!

i think it is commuting Karma getting me bad. For about 6 years my communte was 12 feet, from my bed room , a few steps in the kitchen and into my studio.