How far do you travel to work???

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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Well, it looks like I got the job, which is awesome! I hung out with my friend tonight, who conveniently is my new boss and gave me the news..

    I just drove back from his place which is right by the new job. Without traffic and me driving 5 over the speed limit it takes exactly 35 minutes to go the 29 miles, which isn't bad at all and hopefully will stay that way with me driving the opposite way of rush hour.

    I think I might take the chance and renew my lease in the city. It's been too much fun here. Would probably be worth the headache of traffic..
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Well, it looks like I got the job, which is awesome! I hung out with my friend tonight, who conveniently is my new boss and gave me the news..

    I just drove back from his place which is right by the new job. Without traffic and me driving 5 over the speed limit it takes exactly 35 minutes to go the 29 miles, which isn't bad at all and hopefully will stay that way with me driving the opposite way of rush hour.

    I think I might take the chance and renew my lease in the city. It's been too much fun here. Would probably be worth the headache of traffic..
    congrats on getting the job :D hopefully the drive won't be too bad for you!

    i'm about 2 miles from work now...and if all goes as planned, that commute will get much longer sometime around march when i *hopefully* move to seattle :D
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    My commute is about 20 minutes, maybe 5-7 miles. Lots of stoplights, or it would only be about 12 minutes.
    NERDS!
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    iamsampj wrote:
    congrats on getting the job :D hopefully the drive won't be too bad for you!

    i'm about 2 miles from work now...and if all goes as planned, that commute will get much longer sometime around march when i *hopefully* move to seattle :D
    Thanks!

    As long as the commute is less than an hour, I will be ok with it.. Chicago winters though are not mercyful.
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Thanks!

    As long as the commute is less than an hour, I will be ok with it.. Chicago winters though are not mercyful.
    good luck with the snow...i wouldn't even know how to handle that!
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • KosmicJelli
    KosmicJelli Posts: 1,855
    I travel minimum of 80 miles a day to do my job... I spend about 2 hours in the car daily.... pfffttt...
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    iamsampj wrote:
    good luck with the snow...i wouldn't even know how to handle that!

    You better figure it out :)

    Gore-Tex + Studded Tires :D
    NERDS!
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    KosmicJelli wrote:
    I travel minimum of 80 miles a day to do my job... I spend about 2 hours in the car daily.... pfffttt...
    See those are the responses I'm looking for. I need to think I would have it easy, because I really do not want to move. ;)
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    iamsampj wrote:
    good luck with the snow...i wouldn't even know how to handle that!
    I drove 24 miles home during a snow storm once.. 3 1/2 hours of hell and I blew my clutch.
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    South of Seattle wrote:
    You better figure it out :)

    Gore-Tex + Studded Tires :D
    i'm going to need new tires too??!! blah.
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    iamsampj wrote:
    i'm going to need new tires too??!! blah.

    Nah, the city will close down if it's gets a centimeter of snow. You'll also realize that for someone reason people in the NW can't drive in the rain :confused:
    NERDS!
  • xscorcho
    xscorcho Posts: 409
    i live where i work..... no commute.
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    5 minutes drive to the station
    45 minutes on the train
    25 minute walk

    bit of a treck, but it is faster than driving, and cheaper
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Here's my new thought, I'm going to commute from the city, but live with a roommate... save $200 to $300 a month with roommate, and drive the 35 min to maybe hour drive.. the roommate will give me a valid savings excuse to commute from the city..
  • Medicated-Genius
    Medicated-Genius Posts: 359
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I have a job interview tomorrow thats 29 miles from my home. My current job is only one mile away. I live in the city.

    I have no desire to leave the city. I freaking love it here!.. The job however is a much greater opportunity if I were to get it, but part of me wants to stay at my current shitty job because of location.

    I guess its a win/loose situation... 29 miles against the flow of traffic can't be that bad can it? I used to travel 24 miles to work.

    ***UPDATE***

    Well, it looks like I got the job, which is awesome! I hung out with my friend tonight, who conveniently is my new boss and gave me the news..

    I just drove back from his place which is right by the new job. Without traffic and me driving 5 over the speed limit it takes exactly 35 minutes to go the 29 miles, which isn't bad at all and hopefully will stay that way with me driving the opposite way of rush hour.

    I think I might take the chance and renew my lease in the city. It's been too much fun here. Would probably be worth the headache of traffic..



    Well, not to work, but I travel an hour and a half each way to Uni..... in bad traffic, which is most evenings, it takes me two and a half hours to get home. God, I cant WAIT to finish my degree!
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,573
    KosmicJelli wrote:
    I travel minimum of 80 miles a day to do my job... I spend about 2 hours in the car daily.... pfffttt...
    GAWD!! :eek:

    Me? 6.1 easy freeway miles. Takes about 10 minutes, door to door. :D
    If I had known then what I know now...

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