peanutbutterandjelly Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Just wondering how long it takes you to get to work each day and how you feel about your commute. I am starting to look for jobs further than where I was looking before and trying to figure out what would be a reasonable commute each day. Link to comment
Princess123 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Ideal? 10 minutes or less. Reasonable? 20 minutes. Must have job? 30 minutes. Link to comment
UniqueSoul Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 definitely do not go further an an hour and a half. i commuted from jersey to connecticut monday-friday for seven months. it was torture. sometimes id be in the car, one way, 2 hours because of traffic. in total 4 hours of driving a day. i am now working 25 min drive and it is WONDERFUL. definitely not more than an hour and a half. Link to comment
RedDress Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I commute 45 minutes to work one way - sometimes an hour in traffic. It's really at the borderline of too much, to be honest. I'm often thinking about moving closer to work... then again... I haven't done it yet - so I guess it's doable. I wouldn't want to go even one block farther, though. Link to comment
catcountry Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 52 miles round trip if I take the highway both ways. So it's about 35 minutes each way....no traffic. I hate it! When you factor a job location think about the gas you will be using $$$$ Link to comment
OptomisticGirl Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 25 minutes one way. Eats up gas like nothing else. Link to comment
PhilliesFan001 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 2 hours each way. It's terrible. Link to comment
RelaxByWater84 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I've worked jobs where it was 1.5 hours, 45 mins, 30 mins, 15 mins, and 5 mins. I definitely liked the five minutes. It could turn into 15 mins depending on traffic. Link to comment
Batya33 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 My commute for most of the years I worked was about a 30-40 minute walk (took about the same by public transportation). In my early 20s I commuted over an hour each way because they were jobs I really wanted. For some of the years that I commuted I was on my blackberry communicating with work much of the time. Link to comment
peanutbutterandjelly Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 my dad has an hour and a half commute each way and with traffic it can often be close to 2 hours. That is very normal around here though. The city I am looking in that has a lot more jobs is about an hour away but I really don't know if I could deal with commuting that far. Link to comment
Batya33 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 my dad has an hour and a half commute each way and with traffic it can often be close to 2 hours. The city I am looking in that has a lot more jobs is about an hour away but I really don't know if I could deal with commuting that far. Can you deal with foregoing job opportunities because of the time it will take to get there and back? Link to comment
peanutbutterandjelly Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Can you deal with foregoing job opportunities because of the time it will take to get there and back? I can see myself not applying to jobs based on the distance. I would rather not commute far away. Link to comment
Capricorn3 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 My commute is about an hour. "The city I am looking in that has a lot more jobs is about an hour away but I really don't know if I could deal with commuting that far." What is it that you feel you can't deal with? (just curious). Link to comment
peanutbutterandjelly Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 I just can't see myself being able to handle a long commute before and after working all day. I'm also just not a huge fan of driving. Link to comment
SayWhen Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Jeez, 25 minutes?!!! I'd kill for that! I commute 1.5 hours each way...3 hours per day...meh. I take public transit which makes it a longer commute but it's better than driving in this area. Link to comment
somethngwrng Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Takes me ~15 minutes to get to work. I ride a 225cc motorcycle and my gas cost is around $10-15 per week. A car would add 15-20 minutes to my commute and of course, be more expensive. My motorcycle is around 3x more effective on gas than a car. If I ever had to travel more than 30 minutes to get to work, I would probably move. Link to comment
tmtex Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 A yr ago my company moved. I went from 20 miles round trip to 55 miles round trip. I drive a truck(pickup) , M-F cost 100.00 in gas. It was bad, thank god i got laid off a few weeks ago....I think Oh it was at least a 1 to 1.5 hrs Link to comment
iBroken Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 35 mins on public transit - 15 mins by car. Id drive in but parking downtown costs like $30 a day. Ive done the commute from suburbia to the core, and that was like 80 mins door to door. Walking to the train station, commuter train to suburbia, then the fights to leave the parking lot of the train station. I hated every day of it and love being back in the city. Link to comment
Mercurial Girl Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 My commute is awesome - I drive out to various suburbs for work and I live inner-city, so I am always going the opposite way of traffic I commute 15-30 minutes each way depending on what community I'm going to. I have commuted 50 minutes/day and I wouldn't recommend anything more than that, depends on the opportunity available though. Link to comment
Jd1983 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 My commute is about an hour each way. I'd much prefer a shorter commute, but as of the moment, I like my job. Link to comment
PhilliesFan001 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I just can't see myself being able to handle a long commute before and after working all day. I'm also just not a huge fan of driving. I definitely understand that. I live in a major city, and it takes me 2 hours each way to commute to work. I use public transport, and it's an absolute killer. I leave the house at 5:30 am, and I don't get home until 8 or 9 at night - sometimes longer depending on whether the trains and buses decide to break down. That plus after working a hellish long day, it's torture to have to travel with rush hour, crowded trains, headaches, angry rude people...god I hate it! The next job I take I will make sure is within driving distance of about 30 minutes. Link to comment
jaysmaury Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Currently commuting 30 minutes (15 minutes if no traffic). When I commuted into D.C. from Maryland it took about 2 hours ONE WAY with traffic (which would take about 45 minutes on a weekend without traffic). That was when I was working my way through school and desperate for work. I had to go where the work was and, unfortunately in today's economy that has never been more true. Link to comment
Batya33 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 In this economy you might need to handle a longer commute for a good job and plan to move closer to the job if things go well there. Link to comment
Huntress0527 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 15 minutes- no traffic 20-25 if there is traffic. I hit more traffic coming home than I do in the morning which is not too bad. Link to comment
StrawberryYogurt Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 1 hour 15 minutes. It's just the way it is unless you live real close to work. At least I can read on the 40 min train ride and the walk is nice to and from the train station. Link to comment
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