I live in metro St. Louis, and live about 32 miles from work. Takes 45 minutes to 1 hour, each way.
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#42I live in the Chicago suburbs. My office is about 40 miles from my house and I take the train. All in my commute is about 1.5 hours each way. It isn't bad because I bring my laptop and work on side projects during that time on the train.
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#43I live in a midwest city of about 120k. Office is 2 miles away, takes 5 minutes to drive downtown and 3 minutes to walk in from the lot.
If you wanted to cycle, which would take perhaps 12 minutes, would it be reasonable to do so? That is, is a reasonable route permitted, and would you feel safe using it?
Ditto for walking, it should be 30-40 minutes, depending on your pace.
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#44I lived twenty minutes south of downtown Los Angeles in the South Bay, i.e. Redondo Beach/Torrance. I drove 15 minutes to work in Torrance from South Redondo Beach. A couple of the younger guys rode their bikes.
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#45I get up, walk downstairs, get on my bicycle and I get tired after a while and get a coffee. Then I finish listening to my podcast and go home. Sit behind my computer all day and feel sorry for myself. %repeat%
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#46I live in New Hampshire and walk 50 steps around the side of the house before sunrise to a small shed that I turned into a wifi + power-equipped cabin with a big window overlooking a lake. Best commute ever. I'm no longer jealous watching birds walk around in the grass while I'm stuck in traffic doing a job that only a robot should be doing (driving). Now I enjoy the company of wildlife (there's a family of gofers nesting under the shed), watch loons and red-tailed hawks and woodpeckers and take frequent walks outside to think.
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#47Seattle area (6 miles commute): 15-25 minutes door to door on a car. 1.5 hours by bus.
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#48WFH for HashiCorp now, so 0 commute time! \o/
Prior to that I bike commuted probably 4/5ths of the time for 6 years in Portland, OR. Commute time was generally 30-45 minutes to go 4-5 miles each way. Quite pleasant most of the year, but Jan-Mar were awful. Employers always provided a place to lockup bikes otherwise it would have been a non-starter.
The other 1/5th of the time would be by public transit when I lived close to that, and then car pooling with a coworker when I didn't. I think I drove my own car to work perhaps a dozen times in 6 years.
I'd estimate biking added 10-15 minutes each way over driving, but that may not be true now that traffic has gotten more congested in Portland.
(While 0 commute time is nice, I was in far better shape when I was commuting!)
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#49I live in New Hampshire and walk 50 steps around the side of the house before sunrise to a small shed that I turned into a wifi + power-equipped cabin with a big window overlooking a lake. Best commute ever. I'm no longer jealous watching birds walk around in the grass while I'm stuck in traffic doing a job that only a robot should be doing (driving). Now I enjoy the company of wildlife (there's a family of gofers ne…
What do you do for work? Are you self-employed? Work remotely?
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#50Seattle, working & living in SLU.
20-25 minute walk or 8 minute bicycle ride (when it's not raining).
I also WFH about once a week.