Commuting

[cschin4]

How far do you commute for your job? How far would you commute? Do you look at distance AND time to get there to factor both in or what would you find acceptable?

[disneysteve]

My office is 8 miles from home. It takes about 15 minutes depending on traffic.

My previous office was 20-25 minutes away. That was okay but the one hospital I was on staff at was about 35 minutes away and that was a drag, especially on the weekend when I had to go there to see one patient and then turn around and come home.

Personally, I think 30 minutes is about the limit. Any farther than that and I'd either be looking for a new job or looking for a new home.

[cschin4]

Well, since my employment status changed, I am fielding new prospects. I was contracted and my partners retired so I was not able to continue with my current contract that I had for the last 13 yrs because I cannot fill the gap with other people at this point. So,now I am looking but most of the jobs are at least a 45 to 55 min drive of about 50 miles. But, I am looking at part time 3 days a weeks so that might be manageable. I don't really want that but moving at this point won't work because DH has a secure FT job and the kids are grounded in this school district. Kind of stinks when you live in a rural area, not a lot of choices.

[disneysteve]

Kind of stinks when you live in a rural area, not a lot of choices.

Makes sense. That's among many reasons I wouldn't want to live in a rural area. I'm a city boy.

When I first started working at that job that I said was 20-25 minutes away, we were still living in Philadelphia and it was actually more like 45 minutes away. Within a year, we had bought our house and moved closer. There was no way I was doing a 45-minute commute for the long term. I was okay with doing it temporarily.

[cschin4]

Well, this was unanticipated. Both my partners are bit older than me so I knew that it would happen eventually. And, because of our location it is difficult to find people. So, I didn't plan to be in this position but life happens. TIme to move on. But, it is a bit scary.

[humandraydel]

My current 1 way commute is at my limit - 30 minutes (20 miles). 2 years ago I did drive 1.5 hours (90 miles) each way for about 1.5 months - it was terrible!

I much preferred living 7 minutes away - I'd go home for lunch every day.

[MonkeyMama]

10 mile commute; 10 minutes. I do NOT do traffic. Traffic would drive me insane. It's just a deal breaker for me. I like driving, so I don't know that a longer reverse commute would matter so much to me. Within reason.

This has always been the case. The exception was when I worked at a high travel job. Home office was only 10 minutes from my house though. Some days I had to sit in traffic and drive an hour, but often it was just a reverse commute situation. I was fine with that because it wasn't the same old traffic jam every single day. (Plus, I received an absurd sum in auto reimbursements - I'd feel different if the gas and increased maintenance came out of my pocket).

I have always lived in a big city and so my "10 minute" rule has always been easy to achieve. Like I never put much thought into it and always had several job offers in my radius. So I never had any reason to look any further out, I guess.

{I used to always go home for lunch, but stopped with rising gas prices}.

[greenskeeper]

7 miles round trip

[lamar411]

Me: 20 miles - 28 minutes. But for the last year a friend car pools with me so now we just alternate cars. Saves us both about 80 miles a week.

Wife: 13 miles - 23 minutes. Lot more local driving, can take a lot longer if caught in traffic.

Son: 2.5 miles - 10 minutes. Doesn't take him too long if he leaves early enough. The later he leaves the longer it will take as it gets crowded with people dropping off there kids.

(all one way)

[phantom]

My commute is 30-45 minutes each way depending on traffic. I couldn't tell you how many miles is it, because it's the time that matters to me, not the distance. I carpool with my husband, who drops me off and then goes about 10 more minutes to get to work. Since I have someone to talk to and someone to share some of the driving with, I don't mind my commute at all.

I'm pretty far out in the suburbs and good jobs less than half an hour from here are rare, so I feel like I have it pretty good. Minus a carpool buddy, the longest commute I can stand is about 1 hour.

[TBH]

For me it depends a lot on whether I can do it with public transit. As a teenager, I commuted an hour to school and it was horrible. I've had 1-hour commutes as an adult too, but always on public transit.

Current commute is about 45 minutes via public transit. It would take less time, maybe 30-35 minutes, if I drove, but then I'd have to drive! It's too expensive to drive and stresses me out too much.

[kyoko]

I use the bus to my work since it is the most efficient way. (I work at downtown Seattle and the parking and the traffic are crazy). One way is about 5 min to the bus stop, 15 min on the bus, 10-15 min to the work. This is my daily exercise.

[hamchan]

I leave one and a half to two hours before my shift starts, depending on which job/location. Everything takes longer by bus, and you have to allow extra time incase of delays.

[bjl584]

I live 8 miles from my job.

[leeluu86]

I live around 11 miles from work.

In peak hour traffic it takes me ~ 45 mins to an hour (rare), but if I get in early or leave late, only 20 mins (keeping to the speed limit, too!