What's the farthest you would commute for a job

arbolita · May 2011

Distance or time wise.

6fsn · May 2011

Part of it would depend on what I was doing. I commuted 45 mins with no issues, but I also wasn't on-call or consistently working 12+ hrs.

My 3 mile commute seemed huge after my 3 block commute though.

TheDuckis · May 2011

I'd be willing to take up to an hour and a half if it was an insanely awesome job, if it meant I could work out a sweet work-from-home deal for at least 2 days of the week, and/or if the hours were super flexible. If it's a straight 9-5er, or just a job for money I top out at an hour (but bitch incessantly). Ideal commute would be 20-35 minutes or less.

blush64 · May 2011

The longest currently is 2.5-3 hours each way. Public transportation is the reason it takes so long. When I have a car next year it will be about 1.5 hours. If I make it.

arbolita · May 2011

There's a job that I'm considering applying for to get back into the non-profit world, and I'm definitely qualified, but I think the commute might kill me. I think it would average about an hour and a half (for those of you who know the area - Baltimore to Bethesda). However, that's just the main office. They do have a regional office about 15-20 minutes from me.

I definitely couldn't do the long commute daily, but I'm trying to decide if I could manage it for 1-2 days a week if I could work the rest of the time in the closer office.

GBCK · May 2011

As someone who commutes 1hr, 15 min each way, you can do it.

But you may not want to.
Right now, I know how many hours I spend on the road for work each week and it's absurd.
That being said, my boss is great about it. Work form home isn't anoption but they're flexible with me and understanding when life happens/snow happens/etc.

nicoleg1982 · May 2011

When I lived with stbx, I drove 40 miles in 1.5-2hours of traffic, one way. I was in the car at least 3 hours and 80 miles a day.

NOLABridesmaid · May 2011

Anything over 40 minutes, and I'm sure I would lose my sunny personality.

Meg1979 · May 2011

I would say an hour would be my limit.

thatgrrrrl · May 2011

My commute ranges anywhere from 1-2.5 hours door to door but that's because I'm at the mercy of the subway system. I will say that as I look for other places for us to move to, commute is playing a HUGE part in my choices.

hmonkey · May 2011

i used to do an hour, and it was fine, most of the time. but with gas prices nowadays, i put the limit at a half hour.

zsazsa-stl · May 2011

My 30 second commute has spoiled me for any commute ever again...but if I had to I think I could do 45 minutes, but it had better be an awesom job that would more than cover my gas even if gas goes to $8/gal. I could go farther if I were riding a train and could read/nap.

hmonkey · May 2011

with dc, the public transport option does not change my mind. dh and i drive in together. we used to take the train.

driving is far, far less expensive than taking the metro. the cost of parking + gas is way less than two metro fares.

although -- yesterday i was stuck in traffic because someone's giant motorcade held up traffic for four lights and the ahole behind me wouldn't stop honking and i wanted to stab him in the mouth and i wished i was just underground on a train or dead in the ground. but still -- car is where it's at.

baconsmom · May 2011

It depends on where I live. In AZ? I'd go across town, easily 45 minutes. But that was at 70mph, smooth sailing all the way.

Here? I can barely stand 20 minutes in the car. It's going to make me stroke out someday for reals. So that's pretty much my limit.

loveshine1 · May 2011

Probably 20 minutes would be my max in SoFL traffic. I drive 10 minutes to work now, and it's pretty much perfect.

MinM · May 2011

In Texas I drove an hour to work and an hour and a half back - to a job I hated. I would take Jake with me a few days a week to doggie daycare, where he was the most learned dog from all of that NPR time.