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What do you think is a reasonable commute to work and or college?
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davidwhangchoi
Member
my commute is hour, 10 mins but the compensation makes up for it. if it wasn't generous, i'd have a hard time.
Depends what you count as part of the commute. Time spent in vehicles? Or time from the moment you leave home to when you arrive. My commute is technically 40 minutes to an hour combination of train/bus and subway but in practice it feels more like an hour and 20 when you count the walking in between, and for reference I despise my commute, anything more and I would move.
Depends on a lot of things. One hour of open road/highways is one thing. One hour of shitty traffic is intolerable for me. An hour on a train is fine.
I just halved my commute from 20ish minutes to 10, and that's a big QOL improvement. Really can't see myself going past 30 minutes in a car (one way) at this point. It really does bring me down.
I just halved my commute from 20ish minutes to 10, and that's a big QOL improvement. Really can't see myself going past 30 minutes in a car (one way) at this point. It really does bring me down.
I've had around a ~100 minute commute before. A 5 minute walk, a 10 minute train, a 10 minute wait, a 50 minute train, and a 30 minute walk. Kept to it for about two weeks before closer accomodation seemed like a better option.
How many days a week will your college course demand? I think any more than 3, with that kind of commute, will become a grind really quickly.
How many days a week will your college course demand? I think any more than 3, with that kind of commute, will become a grind really quickly.
Yeah one hour is the threshold. The only exception would be if you take MTA / LIRR or other "sit down" style train system. I used to have an hour and half commute, but an hour of it was sitting on a quiet, uncrowned train car. I could listen to music, sleep, read, play games, whatever. Wasn't really much different than what I did once I was home most days.
thehypocrite
Member
10 minutes or less.
In other words, be me.
In other words, be me.
FinalStageBoss
Banned
The most I can deal with now is an hour, but in college my travel was closer to two hours. You do what you gotta do tbh.
Widdle Puppy
Banned
40 minutes is the max before it enters dreadful territory. I can't imagine a two hour commute.
hogendaz85
Member
I was 80 minutes one way for a new job. We've since moved closer and now it's 30 minutes one way. Rent went up an extra $400 though...
RoadHazard
Gold Member
I used to have around 30 minutes one way, and I wouldn't want much more than that. So much of your day goes to just commuting.
I moved last year though, and now I walk to work in 2-3 minutes. That's pretty okay.
I moved last year though, and now I walk to work in 2-3 minutes. That's pretty okay.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
One way? What the fuck, that's 8 hours a day she's just driving. She literally only works, drives, and sleeps. How horrible.
And even if you mean 4 hours both ways that's still terrible. I couldn't live like that.
Saucestin_Roast
Member
Right now I have to commute from San Francisco to San Jose and somehow there are no public transportation routes that take me where I need to go. So I drive.
Takes me 2 hours at peak traffic times.
I hate my life. Once this is done I'm never doing a commute like this again. It's been one year and im already burnt out.
Takes me 2 hours at peak traffic times.
I hate my life. Once this is done I'm never doing a commute like this again. It's been one year and im already burnt out.
Vermillion
Banned
I'm at 1 hr 30 one way, considering killing myself tbh
mullet2000
Member
I don't think I'd be willing to do more than about a half hour each way. I'll pay higher rents to stick in the downtown of my current city if need be (as I work downtown). Thank God I'm splitting a place with the gf or I couldn't do it.
Commutes are just too soul-sucking, man. I don't know how you folks who do over an hour can do it.
Commutes are just too soul-sucking, man. I don't know how you folks who do over an hour can do it.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
An hour either way is the max.
It's what I do. If you can get a seat either way on public transport it's not too bad. I get time to play my switch & 3ds, or listen to a podcast.
It's what I do. If you can get a seat either way on public transport it's not too bad. I get time to play my switch & 3ds, or listen to a podcast.
LeroyPantwether
Member
2 hours I can do . I commuted from Phoenix to Tucson when I went to U of A . Puts a ton of miles in the car though .
therealist
Member
I'm about to go to a 20 min commute in the morning, 30 minute commute in the evening to a 40 min morning commute and an hour commute in the evening.
the-pi-guy
Member
~45 minutes one way is manageable.
2 hours though, I wouldn't do it.
Maybe I'd make an exception if I would have a reasonable schedule with it, and I could utilize the 2 hours doing something else.
If I was done with classes by 1, and be home by 3 or something that wouldn't be too bad. At least if I was say able to work on homework or something during that time.
But there have been times where I will have class till 8 or 9. A 2 hour drive then would be no way...
2 hours though, I wouldn't do it.
Maybe I'd make an exception if I would have a reasonable schedule with it, and I could utilize the 2 hours doing something else.
If I was done with classes by 1, and be home by 3 or something that wouldn't be too bad. At least if I was say able to work on homework or something during that time.
But there have been times where I will have class till 8 or 9. A 2 hour drive then would be no way...
Raptomex
Member
4 hours one way. 8 hours of driving each day. This is all by choice, too. I'll admit the company we work for has incredible benefits, even unheard of in today's world but I don't know if I could do it. I have to imagine that's the reason, though.
I did an hour long commute when I was getting my masters and I thought it would be fine at first but within a month I'd had enough of that shit and got an apartment nearby. I actually lile driving, but my time is too precious to waste two hours of it a day in a car staring at trees and deer and hicks driving their trucks like fuckcushions.
Thelonelykoopa
Member
For college 45 minutes as thats how much I'm commuting to college right now. I could see commuting longer for work since at least you are getting payed money to spend on gas.
Wafflecakes
Member
20 minutes each way max for me. 10 ideally.
I won't settle for anything less. Not going to waste my life away driving.
I won't settle for anything less. Not going to waste my life away driving.
Current commute is about an hour and a half to and from. I wake up at 5:30 and arrive a little before 8, and leave work sometime between 4:30 and 5:00. My work pays for my bus/train costs and offers good benefits in general, so it's not awful, but days are certainly long at times. Ideally, I'd want no more than an hour to and from, but living in the city (Boston) and areas just outside are not worth the cost for convenience.
Gravemind IV
Member
Starting a traineeship in October. Public Transport is about 2,5/3 hours, car is 1,5 but haven't done the route during rush hours.
Will probably stay in a bed and breakfast during the first 2 months of training. Not ideal, but no other option, else I am gonna get broken in no time.
Will probably stay in a bed and breakfast during the first 2 months of training. Not ideal, but no other option, else I am gonna get broken in no time.
SpaceCadetKeon
Banned
I drove roughly 20 minutes to and from my old college. Finding a parking spot was a bitch though. They kept tearing apart old lots and putting new buildings in their place.
IdreamofHIME
Member
I'm 45mins away from work, but I once worked a job 1.5 hours away.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
Bloody awful this morning it was. With rush hour and trains being so crammed you couldn't get on, it took 2 hours 20 minutes odd.
StrangeRoboMemory
Member
An hour one way is about my limit. Current commute is about 40 minutes, but it's 95% subway, 5% bus. Not so bad, really. I just sit there and listen to music or read until I need to transfer.
Darth Karja
Member
20 minutes is the most I would do one way.
MugiwaraCole
Member
Even an hour one way seems unreasonable to me. Time is precious. Losing ten hours just getting to and from work every week sounds ridiculous.
*sigh* I wish I could work from home.
*sigh* I wish I could work from home.
SillyEskimo
Member
20-30 minutes. Anything more and I would just move closer.
