I didnt mind that it took an hour, because of course it did. Thats how I did it. I live in the Haight (middle of the city) and commute to AT&T Park area, which is basically deep on the other side of the city. Groundwork cafe at the north Hollywood intersection of the redline and orange line has glorious gluten free baked goods(Im celiac, so I live by my map of places that I can eat). I didnt think anything could be worse than NYC traffic! The answer to all this is to move to DUBAI. My longest since then was 45 minutes driving across town even during rush hour. Taking the Metro is consistently 90 minutes, except for that time last week when there was smoke in the tunnel and it took 3 hours. Horror or smart comedy (like George Carlin and seinfeld)! Well done. People do take BART, but if you do youre going to deal with some VERY unpleasant things and get to work in a bad mood. In most metro areas, thatll mean much, much higher housing costs. Maybe in the Friday Open Thread? DH and I also get dinner every night together, Im able to workout more and so is DH (since Im home earlier and can keep Tiny Human alive so he can go to the gym). Currently my commute is somewhere between 80-130 minutes each way depending on traffic, but its a temporary contract job (5 months) and I have an untaxed stipend for mileage/food/lodging. Morning commute averages 40 minutes, can be as short as 30 and as long as 75. Ive been doing an hour-ish each way for a few years now and am so happy to be moving to an area of town where I can take the train, 40 min door to door. I had a friend complain today that her normal 50-minute drive to and from work is more like 90 minutes right now b/c of traffic. I can hate on the MTA all I want, and i pay a lot of rent, but I live above the subway, which goes directly to my office. Its all a tradeoff. Here in the DC area, a 45 60 minute commute is generally the norm but its not unheard of for people to face a 1.5+ hour commute. I live in Southern California in a large 5 bed, 2 bath house with a HUGE backyard, and our rent is only $2200 a month! I hate to sound like an ass about this but the train LB to DTLA goes through all the neighborhoods I dont really feel comfortable going through that early in the morning (Im 51 and look super young despite being 30) esp. I live in West LA and used to live in Westwood those might sound like suburbs, but theyre actually LA proper (controlled by LA city council and mayor). I know other people whove done the same, and not all uber-rich techies or bankers, either. I used to live in southern California and that is not unusual. When I lived in DC it took me 50 minutes to drive 11 miles from Alexandria to downtown. If youre lucky and manage to live downtown (because you get paid enough / have rent control and moved in before rent costs skyrocketed) and have a job downtown, you can estimate 30 to 40 minutes, depending on how you get to work. (And this is why were moving when our lease is up, because I can handle 45 min each way by car if it means I get to sleep another hour.). Alternately, you could do the South Bay (San Pedro/Palos Verde/Torrence/Manhattan Beach). My company allows WFH as much as two days a week, which gives people flexibility and a better work/ life balance. We wasted a bunch of time and they finally listened to me and my niece got back on the highway. I am NOT a commuter and the absolute max for me would be half hour. Your commute is not going to change before this commute makes you lose your mind. I have been at my job longer, and have more flexibility, so I end up working 7.5 hour days when I go into the office 2 days a week (I have a 1-1.25 hour commute each way), and 9.5 hour days when I work from home. I was new to the area and was blinded bc it was a Cool Company and I thought I liked driving after not having a car for 5+ years and was excited about it. Right now Im willing to make less money to work at a job with flexible hours (I work 7am-3/4pm) so I can avoid traffic. I was stressed and tired and missed my family. I hate the day the decide to change that bridge. I used to live in Los Angeles over by the Greek Theater, so I understand the traffic nightmares. Also agree that driving would make it much less bearable. I try to keep my commutes in the 45-60 min range in general, although Ive gotten spoiled by working in the same city I live in for the past couple years and having only a 15-20 min commute. The average commute [] and how did you find it? Yeah that is the thing for me. I have a life, I actually see my kids, and small houses are way easier to clean. Repeat. OMG. Silly question: why not bike or even walk instead? My commute is 12 miles. It would not work for lots of people. Were in Texas, but right now my partners commute by transit is 2 hours each way so I take him in the mornings, which makes the commute for him 30 minutes but easily 70-90 minutes for me round trip, plus my own 10 minute commute to work. It is easier going north and south than east and west here, and it is the traffic that is what is the stressful part. Timetables are generally designed for people travelling from the far-flung reaches to Sydney, and not the other way around, so this required some awkward choices, including two occasions when I had to grab a midnight train from the city and then lurk awkwardly on a remote platform waiting for a connecting service at 3am. After 2 hours of bumper to bumper traffic, 45 minutes of highway speeds is amazing and were grateful. I have no good advice, just sympathy! Yeah, this is an interesting point. I had a commute that was about 40 minutes each-way in no traffic (Atlanta). After this long of doing that drive, I am very resentful of losing those 2-2.5 hours of my life five or more days a week. is it rude to leave a coworker waiting for the elevator, I recommended a friend and it went terribly, and more. When its preferable to people to drive 2 hours over a mountain pass each way rather than live within 30 miles of work because its a less stressful commute with the same amount of time as living closer? An hour if I left any later. Two hours each way is a totally normal commute for the Los Angeles area even before I left it a decade ago. I slept on a friends couch for months because I was a candidate for an Imagineering internship and it took way longer than I was expecting to get a decision. I live in a tiny town so my commute is 5 minutes driving (allow 10 minutes door-to-door). Today I'd have a ton of options, and if I was on a train I'd be more than fine. I feel lame for being so picky, but thats a LOT of time out of your life! We live 35 miles south of he district. For example, I live on the Westside. It was horrible and I wasnt even driving for most of it! Its a parking lot because theres too many cars taking up physical space for there to even be room to drive at the limit. But then, Im a person who prioritizes short commutes even if it means paying a lot more for housing I recently moved to a more expensive area so that I could have a door-to-desk trip of 15 minutes. I couldnt imagine driving that much. (I had a part time flexible schedule and worked out super early near work on the days I did not to avoid the worst of the traffic. For more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com . You have no control over traffic. I also had one experience of an urban fantasy / paranormal romance audiobook getting a little heated while I was in the bumper to bumper traffic and have mostly sworn off listening to those in the car now, heh. The only good thing was that I had a lot of time to listen to podcasts and audiobooks. Since hes from a smaller town, he never really got used to commuting and hates it passionately. I am job-hunting closer to home. My commute for the last 4 years has been 2 hours each way, 90 minutes of which is on a train (Thanks, outdated NJTransit!). That movie is amazing on so many levels (not least of which is the open season on the LA Freeway scene), everyone should watch it. 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. They were choosing between two seemingly equal suburbs on opposite sides of the city. Thats already happening. I wouldnt have thought it would take that long but kudos to you for doing it! I dont think I would ever consider more than 45 minutes for any job. Six minute commute here. Hour commute, though? My commute is roughly 3 hours round trip for 35 miles (one-way). When my family drove to Colorado from San Antonio, we popped those in and it helped the drive a lot. I get up at 4 a.m., go to the gym to beat traffic, get home at 7:30-8 p.m. and am in bed by 9 so I dont fall asleep at the wheel. When I got my first real job, I was still living with my parents and commuting in, and my commute was about 2 hours. I can tell you that commute time varies greatly by where you live, where you work, and the hours you work. I started taking local roads, which didnt save me any time but did save my sanity because at least it wasnt stop and go. My commute is 20 minutes IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, and a small part of me wants my mom to sell us her house* so my commute is a more reasonable 5 minutes if I get the traffic light. 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. Agreed, I live in LA and while 2 hours seems to be pushing it a bit, at least a third of my office has a 1.5 hr commute. OP, your commute is 100% driven by where you live and LA traffic patterns. I know I couldnt do it. Maybe you can start taking a picnic dinner to a park with him. The difference was really that my commute usually had just a quick moment of traffic right by my office (government office surrounded by lots of other government offices, with thousands of people all leaving at the same time), and his was about 20 miles closer, but stop and go the whole way! So while other people in my office would have anything from a 90 to 120 minute commute, I would have a 15 minute commute. He had to take the 580 through the mountains to get to Fremont, which is a total bottleneck so it always sucked. Intolerable. My longest commute was when I first started working, and it was just over an hour each way. At the moment I'm working around 2-hours from where my extended family live, and I'm interested in moving back to the area since my daughter was born. I grew up in NJ and live in south Florida now, FWIW. When peaks are actually mesas, youre equally out of luck if your hours are 7 am to 4 pm, or 11 am to 7 pm. This was about 10 years ago and I couldnt wrap my mind around their commutes then, I shudder to think what thatd be like today. No this is not how this works. I lived in Northern California and the commutes were similarly awful. 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. Bad day is about 15. Sorry :(. My commute is currently about 10 minutes and doesnt involve a freeway. They were flexible on start times but I always tried to shoot for 9:30 or earlier versus 10 because I wanted OUT. Come on. I put in the mileage and it turns out that you need to move at least 50 miles closer to work in order to qualify for it, which annoyed me because Id only moved 30 but in my area thats a difference of at least three total hours of commuting time. Many years ago we moved away from Orange Country and traffic was one of the big reasons. I dont think there are any good options here for your. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Good luck to you I hope you can find something without such a hard commute! A friend of mine works in Irvine and commutes from LB. That was years ago. We looked at rent in the bay area (my wife was thinking about applying for some companies there) and noped out. 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. Although it make take the same amount of time to ride the train than to drive, its SO much less stressful and your company may even pitch in to pay for it. They say the key to happiness in LA is a short commuteits totally true. So theres even MORE traffic trying to get there at 8 AM from all the far flung sprawling areas. (But noise canceling headphones fix that issue!). The answer to that question is no. I live in the Bay Area too and 30 miles is never two hours well unless you go through SF. Um, OP posted earlier about a frightening and traumatic experience that gave her PTSD, which is the main reason she does not feel safe on public transit. The nation's major metros all have similar commute times, ranging from 28 to 37 minutes. The San Francisco Bay area is similar, even with having many more public transport options. Ive done a 2 hour each way commute, but I hated it. Two hours by car in traffic sounds utterly vile. The worst place is Stockton, where 8% of commuters travel 90 minutes or more to work. was I wrong to be put off by interviewing on Bring Your Kids to Work Day? On days where I have to drive through morning commute traffic to get to appointments and such, it makes me CRAZY. That is going 11 miles. 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. . yeah crossing the 405 definitely deserves mention. 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). Ha ha. oof..s that I got about once a day for my first month. Even then, traffic here was pretty heavy. Thats just over 33 minutes. My brother deals with a long commute by keeping a small rental room by his job so he can spend a couple nights each week staying near work rather than driving home every day. Even here in Denver, where I now live, the population boom has been so dramatic that the traffic is starting to look like L.A. at rush hour. It sounds like OP is out by Montebello Gardens or Monterey Park and driving through or into DTLA, Burbank, Pasadena or the west side. Luckily I was able to convert to remote worker status and avoid the whole mess entirely. :). I think youd be shocked. And there is nothing I can do about it. If I take the bus, its an hour and takes two buses + one mile walk. The commute was very bad for my physical and mental health, not to mention very expensive (maxing out an EZ-Pass twice). That said, I do still miss the beach and weather a ton. 2 1/2 hours each way while I was working a 9-5 job. I could not commute an hour each way every day. ), Coworkers often wonder why we dont move closerthe cost of living is crazy higher and we wouldnt be able to afford it. 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. I work in Pasadena, where you need to earn about 2.5x the living wage in order to get by. I'd only have the radio or a small collection of CD's to help pass the time. Oh, I saw that you said it was Long Beach and working in WeHo. It is wonderful. Invest in it! When I worked (and lived, lucky me) in Fremont CA, pretty much everyone else that I knew who worked there had a totally garbage commute because housing there is so ridiculous. Might feel a bit tired that one day but if you can wfh the rest of the time you're more than making up for it. Of course, thats me living out in a rural area, heading into the state capital and downtown. I couldnt do it. If you live in those areas and want to reduce your commute you need to be strategic about the location of where live and work. What youve described is pretty much my husbands schedule. I guess the idea that Im actually moving gives me the illusion that its not as bad as just sitting in traffic. My commute at the previous job was 30 minutes or under (by car), but my work hours were at least 1 hour longer. In fact, note to OP, in NYC there are plenty of people who commute 2 hours because they have to in order to afford rent. It usually takes 45 minutes each way with me coming in and leaving early. I dont think Id be able to handle more than half an hour driving. I would also make the argument that the significant amount of truck traffic driven from the port adds a considerable amount they have to go slower in traffic since it takes them longer to stop. A survivor of a 2-2.5 hour one-way commute who has sworn off long commutes ever since. In the evening, it was generally 45 minutes to an hour and fifteen. I live in Silicon Valley. I assume shes referencing actual surveys of people asking them about the length of their commute, which is their actual experience. Plus, I work weekends, which decreases the commute time considerably (plus the lights change immediately when you trigger them on Sundays, which helps a lot). The only way I see people make it work is to have jobs you can start really early like be in the office at 6:00 AM and leave work at 2:oo PM. Thats actually a huge thing for me on why I do not want to move. And Id complain about my commute from West Hollywood (On Palm @ Santa Monica Blvd) to Beverly Hills (Doheny @ Wilshire). Personally I couldnt do it. It is already better than Orange County(by far) and seems about as mobile and easy as Los Angeles, but with more trolleys and light rail, rather than subways and light rail like LA. Im really trying to do the same, as I had an hour-long commute in high school and it was rough. That said, how normal or common something is isnt always relevant to whether it works for you! I dont love it, but I like where I live, I like that my method of commuting is relatively cheap (I could choose another method, but Id pay significantly more to do so), and I like that taking public transit allows me to do other things with my commute time. My rent is 2x the price now but my quality of life is infinitely better. Some days when Im apartment hunting, Ill see listings like $1300/mo for a 500 sq ft studio apartment above a garage, no stove and its really demoralizing. Although, when I did commute on public transit the trains were messed up about 80% of the time, which was very frustrating (South West Trains! The scariest was a semi truck veering across 5 lanes of traffic to land onto the interstate median and surprisingly no other car was involved. I used it myself when referring to my 90-minute-to-two-hour+ commute I had. MUNI takes forever! I would need to work out some telework days, move closer or find a new job! The New Englanders are so so so jealous of your weather! To be honest, its really all about you and what you can handle. Today's show will cover all the different aspects of remote work. However, I used to commute down to South Lake Union every day, and the commute was easily 2 hours each way, sometimes longer. Anywhere outside that, bring supplies.). Experiment with routes and see if theres some alternatives that work for you. I didnt realize how toxic that crazy commute was until it was gone. While a two-hour commute is definitely not unheard of, I wouldnt call it NORMAL (I can only think of a small handful of friends and family living in the area who have that long of a commute). 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 definitely have screenshots saved of the next 3 miles projected at 50+ minutes, both from the 5 in southern california and the Bay Bridge up north. I dont know how people drive standards here ;). Have you actually taken the train? 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. 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. It is working for us because most of the commute is on public transit. Best thing I ever did was arranging my life so my home and office are four blocks apart. I had a 1.5 mile walking commute for a while that took about 20-25 minutes, so you arent wrong (although that was a relatively flat area of Manhattan depending on how hilly were talking in San Francisco it might be worse). June 29, 2018/ Jim Parker What was the biggest news in the world of cycling in 2017? Its just a matter of life in a major metro area. How long does everyone commute daily? My commute is about 30 to 35 mins, most of that being on the bus. See what Im saying? My current drive isnt bad at all, but it is certainly not as pleasant as riding the bus. Leaving in May and returning in September missed the worst of the hot season, but even so, the first few weeks of fall semester were regularly over 100 on a daily basis (frequently over 110). Ahhh!!! My husband had a commute that often took an hour or more in the evenings. Totally fine. Im sorry! It is not as bad as I expected it to be, but then again I can usually grab a seat on at least one of the subways and read or sleep through a chunk of the commute. This is a self-imposed problem. This is so bad for the environment it makes me want to cry. If I work 8-5 or 8-4:30, its closer to an hour each way. I could never do more than 30-35 minutes. I think thats my cutoff. Same! Commute time depends largely on when I leave: if I leave home at 6:30 am, it takes 30 minutes; if I leave at 7:30 am, it takes 45 minutes, and if I leave at 8:30, it takes an hour or more. Southern California is wonderful, but the traffic is just miserable, but again, it is a trade off for living there. I used to work in Century City which is less than 4 miles from my house. Distant suburbs are lower income than most of the city. I remember that nonsense too- Before I relocated from West San Jose to Solano County 10 years ago (before this latest boom)- i had to leave my house for my 8 mile commute between 6:04-6:08am- if i missed that window (and yes, it really was that specific) my commute went from 30 minutes on the 880 towards Tremble in Santa Clara to 60-75 minutes. Depending on traffic, 10 miles can take over an hour. Train is less stressful, but can be up to 2.5 hours if he misses a bullet train. Right now my commute is 10 minutes, 15 minutes if there is heavy traffic. HOUSTON (AP) A former suburban Houston police officer was set to be executed Tuesday for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago. The holidays also have the highway by my office all locked up during rush hour, and it took me an hour to drive 2.5 miles one year. 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