I really hope I never have to drive to work. Now I dont even use half of it (but my Wifi at home is bad and so I dont want to get rid of it). Frances O'Grady of the Trades Union Congress, which published the figures,. I am in the Midwest. Facepalm, I just saw that you already do this. Signed, I live AND work in Redwood City (also SF Bay Area) and it takes me 20 minutes. rt commute, it would definitely shave time off, but it would only be workable if you LOVE bikes. I got mugged years ago walking home from the train, and its taken me years not to be afraid of walking alone in the dark. I dont think it necessarily was, though. I was stressed and tired and missed my family. Employer est. Maybe in the Friday Open Thread? Hes sharing what people in the area generally consider a normal commute. Obviously theres a lot of variability, but it is not at all abnormal for people to commute 2+ hours to and from work here. Good luck! When I lived in Houston, my commute for 30 miles was about 45 minute-1 hour drive in the morning and 1.5 hour drive in the evening. It's quite a chunk out of your day. That is sadly very normal out here (and thats my current commute). You would think Id have an easy quick commute. My commute to work is about 9 miles and usually takes about 40-50 minutes, but can easily be over an hour on a bad day. Compensatory time off is not allowed in lieu of pay for holiday call-back. It would be one thing if they kept to themselves while riding the train (which is what most people do) but Ive seen them curse out other passengers for no reason. We live, we learn :). It's been absolutely fine occasionally and I enjoy driving (most of the time!). In this episode they talk about an average day in the life of Georgi Dinkov, vitamin D + vitamin K supplementation, new products Georgi has in the works, ways to . ugh. Definitely not normal here! But that assumes (1) each of these people are physically capable of biking long distances (personally I look healthy but my body is terrible and I couldnt) and (2) there are actually useable bike routes along the way. I live in West LA about 5 minutes (on a good day) from my office (but I take the bus so its a little bit longer). Sure, it was nice to sometimes get home early but being able to reliably plan dinner cooking, meeting up with friends, errands and appointments, etc fits much better into our life. Im job searching and having a hard time applying for companies that would put me in a car for longer than that or a bus for more than an hour. 37 traffic lights, multiple school zones. I wouldnt do it. Short answer: No. I think if I were able to do public transportation, a longer commute would be more tolerable, but obviously not ideal. Or you could make a post on the Los Angeles subreddit; theres someone there that could build you an ebike for ~$2000. But in my case, Id lose my mind if you told me to go sit on a train or a bus for two hours with strangers everywhere you turn, creeps leering at you, and no privacy at all. I dont know if moving is an option, but it might be worth exploring. This seems not-that-abnormal based on things my southern CA based friends have said about their commutes. Your response seems fairly normal (and not at all stupid!) Counterintuitively, mid-day is often worse than rush hour because there are more parked cars and often lane closures for construction of one kind or another. I work in Costa Mesa and it takes me an hour (16 miles away). I dont mind driving 35 to 40 minutes for work, but I absolutely hate SITTING in traffic for that amount of time. Which also has me worried about what if I get into an accident? According to google: the city extends for 44 miles (71 km) longitudinally and for 29 miles (47 km) latitudinally. ! I did not own my part in natural selection. Unfortunately that is not unusual for LA. My current one is 15 on a good day, and when its nice out I can even walk in ~25 minutes. I used to commute to San Francisco from Redwood City and even taking the express train and express bus to the financial district and back it still took me 2 2 1/2 hours per day (twenty minutes of that was driving the one mile home from the train station), and I thought that was a lot. Taking the train or local Staten Island bus, to the Staten Island ferry, to the Manhattan subway, could easily take two hours from south-shore Staten Island to midtown Manhattan if a subway was delayed or the ferry was running a modified schedule. And if you paid extra for the express bus, and there was an accident jamming up one of the highways or bridges it literally could take shorter to fly from JFK to Florida than to travel 15 or so miles from Staten Island to Manhattan. Thats my absolute limit. Even a cab will take me about 30 minutes due to rush hour traffic. Count your commute as work hours when you start looking for a new job. I need to figure out parking at the new metra stop or find a new job. You should go be an interpreter at the Long Beach courthouse. For a couple of years I drove from the Hampshire coast to Bristol Monday morning, stayed in digs, drove home again on Friday evening. Traffic is bad-and others certainly do have commutes that long-but a more reasonable one is possible. I used to drive for almost 2hrs to get to Uni some days and it honestly wasn't that bad. My company is headquartered in Pasadena. I still miss Shaw, but I figure once I graduate (! (Also comedy podcasts.). Public transit is not that amazing, especially if you are outside the city core. Even if you ignore that a more or less direct route from (for instance) Huntington Beach to LA (30 miles) would take the OP through some pretty dangerous areas, like Compton, so cal drivers tend to be hostile to bicyclists in general, and the communities do not have well maintained or even designated bike lanes. OP said flex time is very likely not an option, unfortunately. Weve got kids and paying 2k+/month for a 2 bed apartment anywhere within 45 minutes wasnt happening. I drove through 6 school zones. This has NOTHING to do with some unwarranted assumptions on the basis ofa combination of style and socioeconomics and EVERYTHING to do with real threats shes had to her personal safety. One accident in the wrong place and its another 2 hours stuck on the bus. I live in New York, about 3.5 miles from my office. My husbands commute is about the same in terms of time, but he drives 32 miles. Id take a 30 minute drive over a 15 minute bus ride. The time, the increased risk of harm, the wear and tear on your car and nerves. But Im not one to just complain so Im actively looking for a new opportunity to better suit what I want. :(, If you give me some idea of what you like, I can make audiobook recommendations! Obviously it comes down to you personally but I wouldn't mind that at all. When I lived in Seattle (suburbs!) Im currently listening to a couple of podcasts (AAM included! When I lived in Chicago, I commuted reverse from just south of downtown to a suburb out by the airport, and it was routinely 2 1/2 hours one way. Ive decided that if I have to get a job any further away than about 30 mins, Im going to follow in his example and commute via motorcycle instead. Its easier when LAUSD is on their various school breaks and also during the summer, but 2 hours to get 30 miles actually sounds normal and about right, depending on which freeways you have to take. For some years, I commuted from the SFV (San Fernando Valley) to the SGV. 2 hours is not normal but that doesnt really help you. I do a 75-minute commute by public transport, but I live in London and an hour for the commute is pretty standard here. if I was lucky and there wasnt an accident on the road. My manager flies in from another state one week out of the month. Thats probably a personal preference thing. Insanity. My commute is outlandish for here in New England. . Seriously. I've travelled the same route before during rush hour and it varied. We practice high quality, compassionate medicine with an emphasis on client education and . I work at a major internet company & plenty of my coworkers have 2-3 hour commutes. I would die with a commute that long! I live near the first stop on bus #1 and transfer far enough uptown that I always get a seat on bus #2 (a limited). That turns an 8 hour workday into a 12 hour workday. I have to work in the area sometimes and I find it helpful to leave early, pick one of the major streets that stretches through from east to west, and just ride that all the way down. I also knew many many people who commuted to the central valley from the Bay Area on a daily basis because thats where they could afford to buy a house and that could be two hours each way which sounded like a nightmare (the commute and cost of housing is why I no longer live in CA). I have heard good things about the Dresden Files on audiobook / James Marsters narrates them; I read them before my audiobook obsession began or Id probably have listened to them. Only you know what you are able to deal with, and its ok if you dont want to do it. We live close to several freeways so that helps his commute a lot. You cant sustain a lifestyle with that level of time wasted and frustration building behind the wheel. I have a 45 minute commute 1-2 days a week and 10 minutes the rest of the days. And an above ground system in some places that limits train speed & number of cars. We have a lot of friends who settled in Long Beach, but face the same issues as you if you have to travel any distance to your job it can be quite taxing. That being said, my husband isnt from here and will not commute more than 30 min. how much social media use at work is too much? severe financial hardship) or I could work during the commute and cut down time at the office. I dont think there are any good options here for your. Total travel time: 12 hours. Or potentially both. If its an option to exit, Id go for a longer way around just to keep from sitting it traffic for 2 hours. Sometimes I go to another gate and back around the base to my building so at least Im moving versus just sitting in a long line. Of course you can always try to live closer to work, but the rental/real estate prices seemed to be much higher in areas that could shave off travel time. Youll feel like you have a life AND traffic wont be as much of an issue. Go to Nottingham (don't commute) Go to Holloway (commute) A jsuch01 I am going to uni in sep, and i am considering commuting 2 hours, each trip, to my uni. Is your boyfriends work near yours? This is fabulous. Exactly. LA has too many cars but otherwise decent systems. Be sure to practice those commutes in rush hour before you take a job. Its far more difficult to live close to work in southern California, because residential neighborhoods just werent built close to business districts or manufacturing districts or wherever the jobs were because everyone had cars. Riding the train during commuting hours seems much different than late at night or on the weekend. The only thing about the train is it takes forever to get anywhere so, kind of like your 2-hour commute, but without you having to steer :). Horror or smart comedy (like George Carlin and seinfeld)! I live in the Bay Area too and 30 miles is never two hours well unless you go through SF. BEST COMMUTE EVER! Honestly, the only person I knew who ever commute that far was an intern from a college town a couple hours away (and that shocked me that hed do that each day). I was going to suggest, shorter term, perhaps finding a gym you like close to where you are working, so as to cut down your commute time by either getting there early in the morning OR staying late to let some of the nonsense thin out. I am lucky that I live and work quite near highway entrances/exits, and I work 7-3 (and usually get to work by 6:30). It is the traffic when driving that makes it stressful. Normal rush hour traffic here is apparently about 45 minutes for 15 miles, but its easier to avoid the peak and I got into work in about 15 minutes today. I would say 45 min-1 hr is normal. Would any of those get you there faster? I didnt read most of the comments, but I did want to give advice on how to survive that commute while you have to do it (hopefully, not for long!). Haha sorry, I meant the personally attacked part as a joke. Is your work near a subway line? At one point, my ATL commute was 2 hours each way, and that was a bit much. More than that would be un-doable for me. I saw someone mention them here the other day). I feel that the underlying question the LW is asking and the way Allison responded is saying is this something that the LW has to accept for their personal situation. Until the position currently hold, I was lucky to have 20-30 minute commutes. But yeah, I know a woman who lives in LA and has a 1 to 2 hour commute every day. My car is 19 years old with over 100k miles, but still runs great because its been mostly long drives with not a lot of stop & go. My commute at the previous job was 30 minutes or under (by car), but my work hours were at least 1 hour longer. Sitting in traffic makes me miserable person to be around rest of the day. I currently live in a suburb 12 miles out from downtown, where my office is. I would text my friend/workers a picture of myself sitting on my couch at 5:20, while they were still at the subway stop. How does things getting shittier in NYC make living in LA more tolerable? Using surface streets cut the it down to about 35-40 minutes. Take subway. That's why our strongest recommendation is to make the time to commute, even when you are working at home. Aya's general sick leave policy is that employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Id love to know more about working/living there. I got a new job and now my commute is 15 minutes. It would be about 10, but businesses here really discourage employees from driving, so I opted for the free bus pass over $18 a day parking! Now doing Reading-North Oxford and its 1.5-2 hours each way door to door. Yeah, if it was breezing through traffic at least but nope. I moved to the city, and it went down to 15 minutes. That seems like it would probably be the best solution in this case, given that you seem to be pretty happy with where you live otherwise. When I lived in Houston, my commute was just under an hour, but I was only going 4 miles door to door so At one point it was ~2 hours, but then I was living a whole 15 miles away. Taking either Sunset or 101 to 405 because of that interchange. My train service is fairly OK, and I always get a seat both ways. Move your residence closer to your job, or get a job closer to your residence. According to that research, only about 2.5% of workers nationwide have 1-way commutes over 90 minutes. Why would anyone live 30 miles away from work? Exactly. Weve considered moving closer. Driving that distance I honestly had instances (both in the morning and at night) where I was about to pass the hell out at the wheel and kind of had that call of the void thing where your brains tells you to just close your eyes for ooooonnne tiny second. (As in enough for us to live comfortably close to where-ever we work, b/c h-to-the-no for that level of commute every day). I would 100% ask about flex time, and if not granted, change jobs. The 5 and the 91 both run through OC, so there is freeway access from, hmm- La Palma, Buena Park, Fullerton, Anaheim, Yorba Linda, Garden Grove, Orange, Santa Ana, Tustin, Irvinepast that Im not familiar as with. Topping the list of metro areas with high rates of mega commuting are San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (2.06%), New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA (1.90%), Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (1.89%), Trenton-Ewing NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (1.40%), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA (1.25%). Haha! 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