I moved to the city, and it went down to 15 minutes. My commute now is 35 minutes walking, 12 minutes by bike or bus. Also, the fact that youre stuck in traffic barely moving speaks to me too that would be a huge factor for me. A friend posted earlier in the week that median prices in Seattle are now over $800,000. If you have pets, it costs them lost time to spend with you to get attention, be played with, be exercised. All on Audible and all great! In the east coast big cities I also think that they are more psychologically inclined to live IN the city itself not just because of necessity but also there doesnt seem (from my limited perspective on the west coast) to be a big social stigma attached to it. Get a budget card and park m deck. Sure, traffic lights are a bore, but sometimes its a little easier. This move added 15-20 minutes each way to our commutes, but it cut our rent in half and got us a bigger apartment. I just connect some mini speakers to my phone and spend the commute listening to a book. My current one is 15 on a good day, and when its nice out I can even walk in ~25 minutes. When I was commuting 45 minutes on my bike, even in wintry conditions, I had other young and healthy friends who said I dont understand how you can bike that far, I would never but ultimately I enjoyed it. Most years, five of the 10 busiest freeways in the world are on southern California. I agree with Observer that normal does not equal ok. 100% that. Oh shit. It was awful. Welcome! I'd appreciate any first-hand accounts of what the commute is like if someone has done it :). Two hours each way is a totally normal commute for the Los Angeles area even before I left it a decade ago. Your company doesnt need someone who speaks fluent Russian or German do they? I moved recently (several blocks down the street) and joke about how my commute doubled from 4 minutes to 8 minutes. Sitting in traffic makes me miserable person to be around rest of the day. Unfortunately that is not unusual for LA. Is moving an option? Its being confirmed here by all the people that live in CA. I did take the bus up and back once when my car was in the shop. I recently visited NYC for the first time and left on a Monday morning to fly out of Newark. I guess my question is more about the general idea of how adding more cars = going slower. I hate the job but the commute is simply perfect. Ah, Id never go back to this huge commute. Some of the people here choose to live in a faraway suburb, or even the next state over, and do 1 2+ hour commutes. (I should also add that my commute is a combo of walking/bus/train/tube I think a 2 hour commute driving where you cant switch off and read or shut your eyes is a very different kettle of fish). Its glorious. At rush hour, it can take 40 minutes or more, but I usually have the luxury of working from home in the morning and then going to the office. In LA only 3% travel more than 90 minutes. Yeah, I think I would hate it a bit less if it was a quiet, chill train ride. Never. Glad to hear youre getting bites right away hopefully theyre much closer to home! Plus, youve probably noticed by now that LA drivers are horrible ignoring red lights, racing up shoulders, etc. It was horrid, really horrid. My former job was less than 12 mi. Hate to say it, but 2 hours, while over the average, isnt that outrageous. 2 hour commute twice a week. The trains are fine. 05-01-2023 2. You listen to KCRW or podcasts and eventually adjust. I think LA is just so far past vehicle capacity at this point. A non-resident worker (NRW) who works as a cleaner in Macau but lives in Zhuhai tested positive for COVID-19 in Zhuhai on Monday, Macau's Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordina Yeah, I already made up my mind Im leaving. I got my commute down to 40 minutes each way, and then realized I would rather pay more for a smaller home than spend a bunch of time commuting from a large house. A "virtual" commute, so to speak. For instance, I could find a tiny box apartment close to work if I really wanted to have a short commute, but when Im at home, I want to cook in a nice kitchen, relax in a living room with a big TV, have space for a home gym, etc. Many people here complain about long commutes, even those that use public transportation to get to and from work. If you do decide to suck it up and live with your commute, start exploring alternate routes. Not only are you losing time by commuting, but you may also be affecting your overall work performance. link to paper: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2013/demo/SEHSD-WP2013-03.pdf. One way!). I would look for another job, OPjust because a lot of people are willing to accept it doesnt mean its right for you. 2 hour ride, changing, full 8 hour day, and repeat for the return. I wouldnt do it. We practice high quality, compassionate medicine with an emphasis on client education and . Although the one I was listening to this morning had a character who died and it took me a few moments to compose myself before going in to the office, heh. Its 8 miles away against the flow of traffic. I myself have had a 1.5 hour driving commute entirely within the NYC limits (Queens to the Bronx) because in NYC , its all very dependent on exactly where you live and work. Its very specific to you. You should really consider relocating to be closer if its the job you like or finding something closer to where you live. Serious questionI have never ridden light rail in San Francisco but have in a number of other cities, and Im having trouble seeing how this is possible. Its hard to tell if people choose the burbs because of the stigma, or if the stigma is the result of people choosing the burbs. My gf at the time, her dad would watch all the cop chases and I hit the floor a few times because I know what gunfire sounds like. I used to be more polite about it but now I just laugh in their faces. Accept this and stop trying to beat it. Im a huge fan of Seanan McGuire, but I never listened to her October Daye series in audiobook / wont switch at this point for that series. I grew up in the Seattle area, then got a job in downtown Seattle. There are a lot of ways to answer the long commute question, its more about finding the right answer for your specific household than the one true Right Answer. When hes gone on the train/tube it took him 2.5 hours. I used to drive for almost 2hrs to get to Uni some days and it honestly wasn't that bad. Yep. I am in the Midwest. I misread it, I thought she meant she was getting up that early to go to the gym and THEN commuting to work! our employee is taking nude photos in our office and posting them to Facebook, company says only moms can work at home, was I rude for turning down a carpool, and more, overreaching wellness meetings, rambling coworker monopolizing trainings, and more. Mine is pretty average, then. Its notorious for bad traffic and long commutes. CanadaTech19 4 yr. ago A 3 hour daily commute really starts to eat into your free time. I do change out of pajamas! This makes me so sad. If the commute doesnt work for you assess if youd rather house hunt, or job search, and proceed with whichever fits better into your plans. And it stinks when you get to the end and you have the last 5-mile problem where it took you an hour to go 40 miles and 30 minutes to go 5. Those are now considered commutable distances, even though those are far away., OH my Dog! I worked from home full time for 10 years in LA.you can live anywhere and choose any job and be 5 min or 2 hours from your job. But I guess its normal there. Obviously, that's not ideal, but it wouldn't be forever. 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. We invite users to post interesting questions about the UK that create informative, good to read, insightful, helpful, or light-hearted discussions. This includes driving to the park-n-ride, parking, walking to the bus, sometimes waiting for the bus, riding the bus, walking to my office. Not that anyone cares but Im in staff housing again and my current commute is about four minutes walk. Its miserable and I understand completely! My aging brain just cant take the stress. Since there are only so many routes, that is the main pinch point. I live in Sacramento and commutes are better here than in L.A. or the Bay Area, but it is getting worse. It doesnt seem excessive compared to the commutes of others in my office. I have a 2 hour commute into Boston; I live in Providence. So consume as much content as you can. The area I grew up in, for reference, is one of the top five cities in the US for bad traffic. IN the city would probably mean lower income, with a few exceptions. A lot of people average that around here, just because they live outside Salt Lake and commute in, plus they all work *9-5*. I have a two hour one-way commute to work from New Jersey to New York. Commute between one and another at your peril. I ended up moving to a condo 10 miles away, and my commute became a glorious 20 minutes. I live in the Atlanta suburbs. I love LA and would give anything to move back, but it would only happen if I had a sustainable commute. Good luck to you! I read a study in the last few months that said 40 minutes is the tipping point where a commute starts to affect your mental health and it made a lot of sense. The later I leave, the longer I usually have to sit around waiting for the bus, which adds to the total time. Im willing to exchange a longer commute for the ability to live at home the way I want to. Would any of those get you there faster? Its kind of improved my attitude toward it on most daysbut I still daydream of the days when Ill be able to kick back with a movie while my self-driving car does all the work :). Its common for people to have to pull over and knock to offer reimbursement for hitting a chicken/guinea hen/something else. 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. I often fantasize about either getting a job closer to my home or getting an apartment closer to my work. I did an hour commute in Chicago. Ive got two young kids I never get time to myself at home before their bedtime. So I worked from home on Wednesdays and that meant that I got a break from the 4 hours in the car mid-week. Thats twelve hours a day of work plus commute. Im lucky in that I can afford to live about 10 miles away from where I work, but before that, I had to live about 30 miles away from work because thats what my family could afford. Not in LA, but I was held at gun point by a group of teens in Bushwick near a train stop walking home 2 years ago (if you google it a few reports will come up) and I still have slight PTSD from that. RightIm in the DC area and the max I can handle is 60 minutes for a normal commute. I actually took a pay cut for a job where I now walk to the bus stop in my front yard and it takes 20 min. Uh, it totally depends on what your commute is the Bay Area too. And its tough. my first job ever was 2 hrs each way and it bled my soul dry haha. Sigh! DH & I live in the Midwest (i.e. Any longer and I would start to really resent it cutting into my free time so much. Ive done a 90 minute commute for a while, but that was a solid train trip where Id reliably get a seat and could happily play with my phone or read to unwind on the journey to and from work. Today's show will cover all the different aspects of remote work. Even if it is closer/more flexible. My commute was on the east side of LA (Pomona to Pasadena), which meant it wasnt as bad, but if you were going to do Pasadena to Santa Monica, yeah, that could easily be two hours each way. Ive been lucky in that Ive very often lived walking or bicycling distance from work (although my definition of bicycling distance is probably a lot longer than other peoples). Back then, there was very little traffic and I could do it in over an hour. Ive only ever lived/worked in the Midwest. One parent leaves for work earlier so he or she can leave work early enough to pick up the kid. It can be perfectly normal to have this commute in some locations, and some companies accommodate that (allowing flexibility for traffic jams/weather, offset working hours, working 4/10s.) Its an awesome daycare, but we hate this. It feels so much shorter when youre actually driving a reasonable speed. Ancestry DNA - Am I being stupidly paranoid? I guess the idea that Im actually moving gives me the illusion that its not as bad as just sitting in traffic. Now doing Reading-North Oxford and its 1.5-2 hours each way door to door. Every. Its open season on the LA Freeway!, (I can quote every line of this movie. Exactly. Its all vastly different depending on your desires and goals. Eventually, I moved in with my now-husband and my commute went to 11 miles/35 minutes (unless something was going on at the Hollywood Bowl and I forgot to take an alternate exit then it was 50). I also time out errands and appointments to miss rush hour traffic. Ill take my smaller midwestern city (metro population of about 2.5 million) where I can get to work in less than 30 minutes and I dont need to sell a vital organ so that I can afford to buy a house or rent a decent apartment. Those hours add up, and a few extra dollars isnt always worth a longer commute. I loved my neighborhood when I first moved to DCI was near Shaw, and it was amazing: I was right across the street from a great bar, cool restaurants in easy walking distance, and I loved the architecture. Then, the last half of our commute is on the (usually unclogged) toll road to south Orange County. I used to commute on public transit and it took me 1.5 hours (on a good day, 1 hour 10). No intent to attack! It would only help for one way, but it would still give you back an hour or so. NOPE! When I got my current job it was 1.5 hour commute for about 6 months, when my apartment lease ended I moved as close to work as I could afford and now have a 20 minute commute. 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 left super early I could avoid it, but I would hit it on the way home. That area is home to Highway 401, the busiest stretch of highway in North America and one of the busiest and widest in the world. nah, you can ride the train home if youve walked in. Nope nope nope nopeit is normal for Cali but nope nope nope nope nope. In Los Angeles if you cant bear a long commute you need a job that is very close to where you live and/or is the opposite direction than traffic. Seemed like the south-east end of the Bay was especially bad since transit there is not so good unless youre north along the BART, and of course housing just gets more expensive that way. Door to door including the walk from my parking 15 minutes. I used to do Reading-Aldgate and it was one of factors that contributed to my looking for another job. And its even got the added bonus of freeing up the Pasadena parking lots because fewer people are leaving their cars there, theyre leaving them at the Azusa stop. This was something I did when I bought my place in CA. If youve ever seen LA traffic in a movie or on the news, where the freeways look like parking lots, you are seeing the reality of it- some places look like that almost all day long! Yeah, this is an interesting point. My husband works in construction so he has to go wherever the job site is, that varies from 10 minutes to 90 minutes, sometimes via the freeway and sometimes not. I poked at the route planner; it would have taken Spouse 2 hours to travel the 47 miles from our old home to his workplace, and thats on Front Runner for most of it: Provo Central is too far from the office to walk, and the buses still dont get you within two miles. This is fabulous. Probably even some of the more steamy paranormal romances too I wouldnt want to listen to Im very conscious of the audibility of what Im listening to outside my vehicle, because I regularly overhear peoples in car telephone conversations!). Maybe Im super paranoid after all the time spent in questionable neighborhoods in my wayward LA youth. But some of the people that worked with me commuted from freaking Fairfield! MERCED? In that case, subway and bus! Car pool to share the annoyance of the road. My biggest concern with many miles is what happens when your car is in the shop. I think just having parents around to babysit at short notice, and actually being able to do things in the evenings occasionally with my partner would be amazing. I live on the East Coast and my commute is about 15 miles and takes me 20 minutes. My brother lives in northern VA suburbs and I dread the traffic on the Outer Loop around DC. I tell my guests to do Westside things (beach, Getty) on one day and Eastside things (Hollywood, Griffith Observatory) on a different day. It will be easier in the long run. Best of luck in finding a solution! Thankfully, the secretary graciously offered to begin picking me up at the nearby train station, cutting my commute by about 40-45 minutes. Good luck! Agreed! The nation's major metros all have similar commute times, ranging from 28 to 37 minutes. I live in a city with ample pubic transit, but I prefer to drive. My husband had a commute that often took an hour or more in the evenings. 4 years in Boston has only added ~3,000 miles (and >half of that is road trips), but the car is getting much more wear. Currently Im at about 25 minutes depending on traffic. It also made us think twice about coming back to town to see friends, etc. Everyone has to consider how much more theyre willing to spend to save time getting to work (or how much of a pay cut theyre willing to take to get a job closer to home). It depends on your definition of L.A. A lot of people here consider L.A. the entire county, not just Los Angeles proper, and the county is huge. On the plus side for people in LA, the NYC subways (and also Long Island Railroad) are deteriorating in such a rapid way that although a person might normally have, say, a 45-minute commute, about once a week itll be 90+ minutes. Makes the journey so much more enjoyable, to the extent that sometimes Im even looking forward to getting into the car for an extended period. I hope you find the perfect combination. It is not sustainable. My average drive time is between 50 and 90 minutes each way for 15 miles. My advice is to either find a new job or move. I had to reply to this. The only difference Ive seen is the urbanization of the formerly rural parts of those counties (e.g., Gilroy, Antioch/Oakley, Livermore, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Vacaville) and an expanding commute pattern. If it's a good work opportunity you might as well give it a try. Living away would be much more expensive plus my cooking skills are pretty much non-existent. Good luck, OP! I couldnt imagine doing that every day. -A big bag of your favorite nuts and some icy cold water. Your commute is not going to change before this commute makes you lose your mind. Its definitely not for everyone! This is another challenge when the peak of rush hour doesnt actually end. I was used to doing drop off and pick up from day care and I couldnt do that anymore. And public transportation would be an hour MAX. Its pretty common there too, especially as a lot of people live in New Jersey, Connecticut, Long Island, etc. They followed on one with a 3 hour commute one way! I think its the opposite, actually someone has to work in the restaurants and such in the citys downtown core, and you know the food service workers arent earning enough to pay $2,500/month for a one-bedroom apartment. For example, I live on the Westside. Everyone is different and your sanity should not be taken up by a commute if it does drive you crazy. I drive 30 minutes one-way and that is about my limit. even that is on the higher end of what i would prefer. It might take a little more effort to work it out, but it absolutely can be done. Nuts are a healthier way to snack than some other poor choices I couldve made. I am borderline fanatical about not touching my brakes on the freeway for this exact reason. You must love those llamas. LA would only be about 100k, but F that. I also would caution your expectation of a fast recomp. This does not sound like a sustainable schedule. That makes it more bearable. I am in Orange County and it takes me anywhere from 35 minutes to over an hour to drive 14 miles. Did someone like try to make it that flat? This is totally normal for Los Angeles (Im a SoCal native who has lived here all my life). :(. I had a one hour commute (from a suburb to a rural area, through farmland, 55 mph the whole way, no trafficso, not terrible at all except for the time and the fact that I hate driving) and it was killing me. I absolutely love the best of both worlds feel it gives me. 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