How long does it take you to commute to work?

[JoeyBoy718]

Just curious how long it takes people to get to work and how they feel about it.

I currently live and work in the middle of downtown. It takes me minutes to walk to work. I'm considering moving across the water to a small town because it's cheaper and quieter, but that would add a 1-hour ferry ride both ways along with anywhere from 30-60 minutes each way getting to/from the ferry/work. So that's going from a 10-minute round trip commute to a 3-4 hour commute. Big change. Fortunately, the 2 hours spent on the ferry has WiFi and private tables, so I can get work done there and spend less time in the office. Still not sure if it's worth it.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

15 minutes with good traffic, but I always allow for 30 minutes just in case of bad traffic, more if there are reports of snow.

 

[Longboysfan]

5 minutes on a good day 7 on a bad day.

 

[DallasEast]

30 minutes one way, 60 minutes round trip.

 

[Tabascocat]

Do what's best for your family, not yourself. If a longer commute equates to a better school and neighborhood.......take that into consideration.

Look on the bright side, you get to ride a boat in the Sound five days a week

 

[YosemiteSam]

During the school year, 45-55 minutes each way.

During the summer break: 32-45 minutes each way.

I have no idea why. I billion teachers driving to work everyday? What the hell!??!?!?

 

[YosemiteSam]

Just curious how long it takes people to get to work and how they feel about it.

I currently live and work in the middle of downtown. It takes me minutes to walk to work. I'm considering moving across the water to a small town because it's cheaper and quieter, but that would add a 1-hour ferry ride both ways along with anywhere from 30-60 minutes each way getting to/from the ferry/work. So that's going from a 10-minute round trip commute to a 3-4 hour commute. Big change. Fortunately, the 2 hours spent on the ferry has WiFi and private tables, so I can get work done there and spend less time in the office. Still not sure if it's worth it.

dexternjack said "a boat in the sound" in response to you. Are you in the NYC area? (Long Island Sound?) Though, I do not know of any ferries in Long Island Sound that go to Manhattan. I believe there is one from Bridgeport, CT to Port Jefferson, Long Island. There are ferries from NJ and Staten Island to Manhatten.

 

[DFWJC]

I have a short commute too.
10-15 minutes

Since the vast majority of people have much longer commutes, It looks like the only responding to this thread are those happy they aren't donating 2-4 hours of their lives a day to commute.

If you work basic hour days (few do) thats not as bad.
But those I know who work longer hours AND have the huge commute, hardly see their wife and kids most of their lives...except weekends.
Not sure if that can defined as "better" for the family.
Tough call.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

dexternjack said "a boat in the sound" in response to you. Are you in the NYC area? (Long Island Sound?) Though, I do not know of any ferries in Long Island Sound that go to Manhattan. I believe there is one from Bridgeport, CT to Port Jefferson, Long Island. There are ferries from NJ and Staten Island to Manhatten.

Nah, I'm in Seattle. He's talking about the Puget Sound. I'm from NYC though. Coney Island, Brooklyn.

 

[casmith07]

Just curious how long it takes people to get to work and how they feel about it.

I currently live and work in the middle of downtown. It takes me minutes to walk to work. I'm considering moving across the water to a small town because it's cheaper and quieter, but that would add a 1-hour ferry ride both ways along with anywhere from 30-60 minutes each way getting to/from the ferry/work. So that's going from a 10-minute round trip commute to a 3-4 hour commute. Big change. Fortunately, the 2 hours spent on the ferry has WiFi and private tables, so I can get work done there and spend less time in the office. Still not sure if it's worth it.

I want to live in Seattle so bad. I absolutely love the PNW.

I'm in NYC now. Takes me 45 minutes to the downtown office, and 25 to the midtown office. Both times are door to door. Planning on moving out of Manhattan, maybe. I hate my neighborhood and want some more diversity.

Hate the long commute time. When I was still in the service it took me 9 minutes if I got all green lights from my apartment to the office and 11 if I hit the one major red light, lol. 15-20 during lunch with gate traffic.

I would LOVE to be a minutes-walk to work.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

I want to live in Seattle so bad. I absolutely love the PNW.

I'm in NYC now. Takes me 45 minutes to the downtown office, and 25 to the midtown office. Both times are door to door. Planning on moving out of Manhattan, maybe. I hate my neighborhood and want some more diversity.

Seattle is a beautiful city if you're into the outdoors. The people are a bit extreme. I'd like to move back to NYC. Haven't been back since I finished high school. But my wife wants us to move to Europe (where she's from). We'll see. It's a big world.

 

[casmith07]

Seattle is a beautiful city if you're into the outdoors. The people are a bit extreme. I'd like to move back to NYC. Haven't been back since I finished high school. But my wife wants us to move to Europe (where she's from). We'll see. It's a big world.

NYC is at least close enough to Europe -- what part?

I don't care for a lot of the people in Seattle but the outdoors and the weather are fantastic. Even the rain - I don't care if it means my summers are 80 at the absolute most with 0% humidity.

Summer's been mild in NY this year...not as miserable as last year so far.

Edit: Washington has other good benefits too...................

............like my grandmother lives there. lol.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

NYC is at least close enough to Europe -- what part?

I don't care for a lot of the people in Seattle but the outdoors and the weather are fantastic. Even the rain - I don't care if it means my summers are 80 at the absolute most with 0% humidity.

Summer's been mild in NY this year...not as miserable as last year so far.

Edit: Washington has other good benefits too...................

............like my grandmother lives there. lol.

I'm from Coney Island. My wife is from a small town in Romania but she wants to move somewhere in Western Europe. I told her I just want to go somewhere where they speak English (maybe Dublin). She prefers the Netherlands. We were there last week. Nice place. We were in Leiden and Amsterdam. Everybody spoke English but obviously it's not the primary language. I guess I can live with that.

 

[Sarge]

1 hour.

 

[casmith07]

I'm from Coney Island. My wife is from a small town in Romania but she wants to move somewhere in Western Europe. I told her I just want to go somewhere where they speak English (maybe Dublin). She prefers the Netherlands. We were there last week. Nice place. We were in Leiden and Amsterdam. Everybody spoke English but obviously it's not the primary language. I guess I can live with that.

If you can find work or work remotely, why not? I've always wanted to go to the Netherlands, though I've heard it's not terribly friendly for African-Americans. Like...not horrible, but just kinda clueless.

I once dated a girl from Bucharest. She was lovely. Very sweet, if not a bit of a wanderer - lol.

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

3 minutes. If I stand on the roof of my warehouse I can see the top of my house. I drive a 2003 Toyota Tacoma and it has 85,000 miles on it because I average about 6 miles a day.

 

[casmith07]

3 minutes. If I stand on the roof of my warehouse I can see the top of my house. I drive a 2003 Toyota Tacoma and it has 85,000 miles on it because I average about 6 miles a day.

The Tacoma is an awesome truck. My best friend still has the one he bought when we were at the military academy together - his truck is awesome.

 

[roughneck266]

A day and a half. But I only have to do it once a month.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

About 17 seconds from my upstairs bedroom to my office downstairs.


I've done the long commute thing at various points in my life... Anywhere from 1/2 an hour to an hour and a half.

Hated every wasted minute of it.

At one point I decided– No more.

No one can make more minutes in their lives and commuting time is about the most wasteful time you can have.

 

[DFWJC]

I'm from Coney Island. My wife is from a small town in Romania but she wants to move somewhere in Western Europe. I told her I just want to go somewhere where they speak English (maybe Dublin). She prefers the Netherlands. We were there last week. Nice place. We were in Leiden and Amsterdam. Everybody spoke English but obviously it's not the primary language. I guess I can live with that.

I've always enjoyed the Netherlands.
In general, the people seem to be healthy and relatively happy.
Expensive though, from what I recall.