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Without traffic jams, I can get into work in about 30 minutes. However, as soon as winter rolls around, I'll be looking at a 1 hour commute most days. This is by far the worst part of my day. I really hate driving. I've called in sick a few times when the weather was bad just to avoid sitting in traffic.

That being said, every time I mention how much I hate my commute, someone will always pipe in with "Your commute is nothing, most people who live in big American cities have much longer commutes than that".

So I'm curious...how long is the average OOTiot's commute?

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Im in sales, so my day is one long commute. I dont mind driving though. I was talking about this a couple days ago with one of the other salesmen, and he lived on both coasts for awhile. He said that it wasnt uncommon to have a 2-3.5 hour commute in LA, when he was there, if you used the freeway.

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How far is your drive?

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Im in sales, so my day is one long commute. I dont mind driving though. I was talking about this a couple days ago with one of the other salesmen, and he lived on both coasts for awhile. He said that it wasnt uncommon to have a 2-3.5 hour commute in LA, when he was there, if you used the freeway.

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I couldn't imagine spending 4+ hours a day commuting. I wouldn't be able to handle it...I'd feel like I was wasting a huge part of my life sitting in my car.

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I'm in the 30m - 1h camp. 34 miles door-to-door in the Silicon Valley. I'll occasionally tip over an hour based on what time I leave and traffic.

We moved offices about a year ago to bring work closer to where I live. Prior to that, it was 47 miles each way, which was pretty bad.

I've heard a myriad of stories of people driving over from the Central Valley to the SF Bay Area, and don't know how they do it and keep their sanity.

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How far is your drive?

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It's about 35kms each way. The big problem is that there's no direct route to get there. I can't get on the highway and then exit at my office. I drive on the highway for about 15kms, exit and have to drive down congested streets with lots of lights (this sometimes the longest part of my commute), get on a parkway for another 15km or so, cross a bridge and then drive through more stop and go traffic for the last 5kms or so.

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I used to spend an hour each way now i spend about 15-20 minutes. I had to pay a lot more to live where i do now than i was paying an hour away though.

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A guy from one of the places I work with used to live literally a 30 second walk from his house to his workplace. At lunch, in the middle of a Toronto winter, he could run across the street in his t-shirt for lunch and watch a little Price is Right while everyone else is stuck in the cafeteria.

The dumb bastard gets married. She won't move away from the family. The family lives in Peterborough. This is like a 2 hour drive each way to downtown Toronto. He had the perfect situation and [censored] it up for a broad, the usual thing. Now, instead of being totally relaxed, well-rested and therefore envied, he's a laughing stock and a tired wreck.

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When I lived in Montreal, one of my neighbours would commute from Montreal to Ottawa every day. That's about a 220 km commute.

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i go 101 miles each way
takes about 1.5 hours on a dream ride (75mph cruise control, no faster), 1.75 with normal traffic, 2+ with any type of accident, rain, snow, bennies, etc.

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mine is 3 minutes on a normal day and 5 minutes if i catch one of the two lights on my way to work.

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4.5 miles

driveway to desk in 17 minutes is my average (used to be 14, but they recently moved me to a building 3 blocks further [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img])

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F COMMUTING.

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When I worked, I took the subway, It was anywhere from 45 min to 1 hour door to door.

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I work the afternoon shift, so it takes me about 45 minutes to get to work but around 15-20 to get home.

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When I worked, I took the subway, It was anywhere from 45 min to 1 hour door to door.

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When I lived in Montreal I went to school downtown and took the train. It was about a 45 minute train ride, but it didn't feel that long because I could take a nap or read or do my homework to pass the time. However, I feel every minute of my commutes now.

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When I worked, I took the subway, It was anywhere from 45 min to 1 hour door to door.

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When I lived in Montreal I went to school downtown and took the train. It was about a 45 minute train ride, but it didn't feel that long because I could take a nap or read or do my homework to pass the time. However, I feel every minute of my commutes now.

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It's a painful 45 minutes when your chest to ass with some 400 lb woman who looks smells like she hasn't showered since the last leap year.

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I work from home now, but quit a job once b/c it had a 45 minute commute each way. Just felt like I was wasting too much of my life in the car.

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4.5 miles

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Same here.

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I've never had a commute longer than 20 minutes.

-d

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I've never had a commute more than 10 minutes each way, and I'm about to take a job where I'm looking at an hour or so. If nothing else, it's an excuse to put a good stereo in my car.

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More than 2 hours on bad days... 1.30 on good [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I live 12 miles from work. Commute without traffic is 15-20 mins. With Traffic 40+ mins.

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Word. My goal is to never have to commute if I do not have to. I'm going to live by my work. You lose to much time by sitting in a fcking car.

I had to commute to work daily when i was in high school when I worked for my dad in construction. That BLOWS and I refuse to do that again. Luckily I'm doing law and should not have a problem living close to work [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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52 miles round trip, down GA 400.

I just changed my hours from 8-5 to 7-4. My commute dropped from 2+ hours to around 1 hour 45 minutes.

I hate my commute.

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5 hours for me (has taken 6) if did it rush hour which I why only go home fortnightly and now am coming back late at night as can do it in 3 hours then. Was doing it weekly but it gets to be too much of a drag.

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Mine is 30 minutes in and 45 minutes home if I leave during rush hour. I think 1 hour would be my upper limit of tolerance.

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1 1/2 to 2 hours. Live in NJ, work in NYC.

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mine's 25-35 minutes on the subway depending. I used to be able to walk to work, which rocked.

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i go 101 miles each way
takes about 1.5 hours on a dream ride (75mph cruise control, no faster), 1.75 with normal traffic, 2+ with any type of accident, rain, snow, bennies, etc.

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move

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i go 101 miles each way
takes about 1.5 hours on a dream ride (75mph cruise control, no faster), 1.75 with normal traffic, 2+ with any type of accident, rain, snow, bennies, etc.

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move

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definitely move

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5 hours for me (has taken 6) if did it rush hour which I why only go home fortnightly and now am coming back late at night as can do it in 3 hours then. Was doing it weekly but it gets to be too much of a drag.

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Wait, what? 5 hours each way? How on earth is your compensation high enough for that?

I've made the commute in 15 minutes before, but it usually takes 20. I resent every minute of it, too.

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since you hate me for working monday-thursday already i thought i'd mention that my hours are 10-6 and my commute is about 10 minutes

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I used to work at a startup where I would roll out of bed, put on shorts and a t-shirt and sandals, walk downstairs, across the street, and be at my desk. Now, my commute is like 15-20 minutes and it sucks.

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since you hate me for working monday-thursday already i thought i'd mention that my hours are 10-6 and my commute is about 10 minutes

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Dude, it's bad form to kick someone while they're already down. And that was a level 6 nut kick right there. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I just woke up and it was raining so I called in sick.

F COMMUTING

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About 80 minutes each way, but it's entirely mass transit, so I've got no problems. Naps are a beautiful, beautiful thing. I wouldn't survive at work without my 20 minute morning Metro North nap.

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My commute is 25 minutes but I don't mind it at all. I live about a block from a train stop, it's a 20 minute ride to my job, and my job is across the street from the train station. I love sleeping on the way to work. I love not driving. I put 2,000 miles on my car last year.

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My commutes for all the jobs I've ever had have always been short.

-1 Mile
-2 Blocks
-2 Miles
-1 Mile
-5 Miles

So yeah, under 30 minutes always.

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When I work in our MA plant:

61 miles each way
1.5 - 2 hours average a.m.
1 - 1.5 hours average p.m.

When I work in our CT plant:
138 miles each way
3 hours if I leave home at 5:00 a.m.
3.5 hours if I leave the plant at 4:30 p.m.

edit to add that I only have to go to CT for two days every other week.