Who has the longest commute to work?

[Cncguy]

I currently live in Indianapolis and I'm looking to move to the country. I was wondering what other members commute times were. I'm looking at maybe 1 hour to work.

[68X426]

Not me.  6 minutes.  It just about kills me.

In days gone by I had a full hour commute.  It wasn't worth it.  Don't miss it.

I'd recommend less time on the road to maintain your mental health.

[myk]

I know guys that drive two hours to work ONE WAY.  No disrespect to people that choose to live this way, but I have to ask WHY?  Life is too short to spend it driving in a car.  I guess if someone doesn't mind it, it's ok.  Me?  I used to live 15 feet from my place of work and just walking there killed my soul a little bit, every step of the way...

[Charger-Bodie]

My commute is 9 blocks..... About 1 minute.

[303 Mopar]

I home office, so 10 stairs....

[XH29N0G]

I think it depends on your situation and probably also the drive and the house.  I live a mile from work and do not use a car on a regular basis.  My dad decided to live far from work when I was a kid and probably had an hour + commute when I was a kid.  I don't think he went in every day, and it was far enough removed (and on the water) that I doubt he would have traded it.  So my guess is that only you can tell. 

[Dodgecharger74]

Business location at home 60' to other end of house 

[RallyeMike]

30 minutes door to door. I wouldn't have it any be any longer.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Work from home, zero commute 

[Bob T]

Last job was taxi to airport, wait, fly 2 1/2, wait for 3, fly 14, taxi, collapse...

[polywideblock]

3 -5 minutes going and about 10 coming home so no help from me either 

[HANDM]

 10, 20, 30, 40 and as much as an hour if it's my customer to the east which I am working on right now 

The averave is around 30 though

[Troy]

Ever since high school I've had 45-60 minute commutes. I always liked living away from it all though. Now I work in the suburbs and have moved closer so I'm still not in the city but my commute is 12-18 minutes depending on traffic. I feel spoiled now and every time I look at getting a place farther out it just doesn't have enough benefits to make me move. I will one day when I find the right place but I'm pretty happy now.

Troy

[Ponch ®]

currently my Home --> Work --> School --> Home commute is 46 miles round trip in L.A. Traffic.

30 mins to work in the morning.  (8 miles)

1 hour to school in the afternoon. (15 miles)

30-45* back home in the evening. (23 miles)


*this may take up to 1.5 hours on days where im done with school just as rush hour traffic picks up,at which point I just use pubic transportation (subway) to bypass the worst part of it.

[John_Kunkel]

I know guys that drive two hours to work ONE WAY. 

Sometimes it's all about real estate values. For example, some folks who work in the San Francisco area can't afford homes there so they buy affordable homes two hours away.

[ACUDANUT]

30 minutes for me. Well worth the price of quiet Country life.

[RECHRGD]

When living in Honolulu my commute was about 15 miles, but could take up to an hour, depending on traffic, hated it.  When we finally got off that rock and moved to 45 acres of woods in Washington, the commute increased to about 40 miles, but the driving time was less.  Loved it.

[kab69440]

My longest so far has been 2' 45". As an operator you have to go to where the work is. I'm currently only about 45" from home.

[Beav]

43 miles, I allow an hour.

I'm not livin' in the "hood" of Atlanta.

I'm an hour north of the airport among the boutique horse farms, and rich snobs.

I consider myself a "chigger on the rich man's butt!" 

Beav

[69wannabe]

43 miles, I allow an hour.

I'm not livin' in the "hood" of Atlanta.

I'm an hour north of the airport among the boutique horse farms, and rich snobs.

I consider myself a "chigger on the rich man's butt!" 

Beav

I am also about an hour north of atlanta, where about's do you live Beav??? I only drive about 20 to 25 min's to the shop but I don't work at the shop. It's another 15 min's across town to the plant that I usually work at. Sometime's I have to drive about 2 1/2 to 3 hours if I have to go out on a road call to one of our far off customer's and then it's that long of a drive back home. Have made that trip alot over the past 6 month's sometimes three times a week but lately it has slowed down there I guess so I haven't had to make the trip but once in the past few weeks...

[LeesRT]

My longest commute was 2-1/2 hours each way or 5 hours of driving for 8 hours of work.  Thank God I don't have that job anymore.  My commute now is about an hour each way or 2 hours of driving everyday (6 days a week).  Our work week is 5-12s(Mon.-Fri.) and 1-8(Sat.)

[69_500]

Well I live 45 minutes southwest of Indianapolis, and work on the far Northeast side of Indy (fishers). Have live in our house now for 5 years. It really is not that bad of a drive, unless it is during rush hour, or a holiday.

[stripedelete]

I consider myself a "chigger on the rich man's butt!" 

Beav

Good one!  I refer to me residing in my neighborhood as the "gypsy in the palace".

[ws23rt]

My drive times are not fixed due to the nature of my work. The most common drive time is 90 min one way and I've come to value that time as part of my waking up to the day in front of me. I let my internal auto pilot handle the commute as I relax and organize the tasks in front of me.

I did have a job (three weeks) that called for two and a half hours one way drive. In a case like that it's a tough call about getting a hotel vs the drive. Especially if the job is only an 8 hour job.

For those that have long commutes at a regular job---That time on the road is not lost time. Our awake time and where our mind takes us is up to the individual.  Think of those whose job it is to drive only for their job.

What we do with our time while we are awake is our life. I see no reason to think of commute times as being a part of our lives lost. How we use our awake time is our life.

[TruckDriver]

30 minutes from my apartment to the shop one way

[BananaDan]

I live about 15 miles west of NYC in NJ. My commute door to door is about 1h 10m. About 15m of walking, 35m commuter train, 20m subway. I like it better than driving because I can read, listen to music or just zone out if I'm tired. I used to work in Jersey City and the 12 mile commute would take anywhere from 35m to 1.5h depending on traffic and accidents etc. I don't miss it.

[Beav]

43 miles, I allow an hour.

I'm not livin' in the "hood" of Atlanta.

I'm an hour north of the airport among the boutique horse farms, and rich snobs.

I consider myself a "chigger on the rich man's butt!" 

Beav

I am also about an hour north of atlanta, where about's do you live Beav??? I only drive about 20 to 25 min's to the shop but I don't work at the shop. It's another 15 min's across town to the plant that I usually work at. Sometime's I have to drive about 2 1/2 to 3 hours if I have to go out on a road call to one of our far off customer's and then it's that long of a drive back home. Have made that trip alot over the past 6 month's sometimes three times a week but lately it has slowed down there I guess so I haven't had to make the trip but once in the past few weeks...

400 @ Windward parkway puts you within 4 miles of my place.... Milton (Alpharetta)

[stripedelete]

43 miles, I allow an hour.

I'm not livin' in the "hood" of Atlanta.

I'm an hour north of the airport among the boutique horse farms, and rich snobs.

I consider myself a "chigger on the rich man's butt!" 

Beav

I am also about an hour north of atlanta, where about's do you live Beav??? I only drive about 20 to 25 min's to the shop but I don't work at the shop. It's another 15 min's across town to the plant that I usually work at. Sometime's I have to drive about 2 1/2 to 3 hours if I have to go out on a road call to one of our far off customer's and then it's that long of a drive back home. Have made that trip alot over the past 6 month's sometimes three times a week but lately it has slowed down there I guess so I haven't had to make the trip but once in the past few weeks...

400 @ Windward parkway puts you within 4 miles of my place.... Milton (Alpharetta)

I'm off exit 6.  Between Roswell and Sandy Springs,,, down by the river ,,,,,,,,  in a van......

[Old Moparz]

My current job is 3.5 miles one way & it varies from 10 to 15 minutes depending on which roads I take, or if a get stuck behind a school bus. My last job varied because I was on a land surveying crew & we had job sites as far as 2.5 hours one way. The office was less than 40 miles from my house & it took about 40 minutes to get there since it was mostly highway driving.

When people say they can never commute & wonder why someone does, it has mostly to do with affordability & quality of life. I would have liked to have stayed in the same area of where my parents had a house, northern New Jersey, but prices were insane in 1989 when my wife & I were looking at houses. There were other reasons I wanted to move upstate in New York but cost was the biggest factor.

A good example was one house we saw & liked in Bergenfield, NJ for close to $175,000. It was a 2 story, older colonial that had been vacant for 15 years. The lot was big & there was a detached, 3 car garage & a big green house. When we went to see it, it needed to be completely gutted. The plaster was all falling down, the electric, the plumbing & more was original & probably from the 1920's. The greenhouse was big, maybe 15 x 30 & needed some work but it was repairable. I couldn't wait to see the garage but was told, "That doesn't come with the house, the lot was sub-divided & it will be torn down so a new house can be built."

Great, no garage, no room to build one & a house that needed EVERYTHING & couldn't be lived in until it was done. We got our current house when it was 1.5 years old for almost $50,000 less. The distance my wife drove from her apartment to work was 6 miles & took 45 to 50 minutes. When we moved into our house she drove 50 miles & it took 45 to 50 minutes.

So which is worse, being in bumper to bumper traffic filled aggressive a-holes or driving on the highway at 75 with a cup of coffee & the stereo cranking?  

[ACUDANUT]

35 Miles one way for me. 

[69wannabe]

43 miles, I allow an hour.

I'm not livin' in the "hood" of Atlanta.

I'm an hour north of the airport among the boutique horse farms, and rich snobs.

I consider myself a "chigger on the rich man's butt!" 

Beav

I am also about an hour north of atlanta, where about's do you live Beav??? I only drive about 20 to 25 min's to the shop but I don't work at the shop. It's another 15 min's across town to the plant that I usually work at. Sometime's I have to drive about 2 1/2 to 3 hours if I have to go out on a road call to one of our far off customer's and then it's that long of a drive back home. Have made that trip alot over the past 6 month's sometimes three times a week but lately it has slowed down there I guess so I haven't had to make the trip but once in the past few weeks...

400 @ Windward parkway puts you within 4 miles of my place.... Milton (Alpharetta)

I'm north up I-75. Not sure what the exit number is but it's the adairsville exit, it's about a 20 min drive to my place off the interstate....

[69wannabe]

43 miles, I allow an hour.

I'm not livin' in the "hood" of Atlanta.

I'm an hour north of the airport among the boutique horse farms, and rich snobs.

I consider myself a "chigger on the rich man's butt!" 

Beav

I am also about an hour north of atlanta, where about's do you live Beav??? I only drive about 20 to 25 min's to the shop but I don't work at the shop. It's another 15 min's across town to the plant that I usually work at. Sometime's I have to drive about 2 1/2 to 3 hours if I have to go out on a road call to one of our far off customer's and then it's that long of a drive back home. Have made that trip alot over the past 6 month's sometimes three times a week but lately it has slowed down there I guess so I haven't had to make the trip but once in the past few weeks...

400 @ Windward parkway puts you within 4 miles of my place.... Milton (Alpharetta)

I'm off exit 6.  Between Roswell and Sandy Springs,,, down by the river ,,,,,,,,  in a van......

Is exit 6 off of I 285 or off of I 85??? I took a friend of mine to Roswell to pick up his charger a couple of years back. He has a general replica and he had Larry West to paint the flag on his like he did for the early chargers in the show. Mr. West still has a shop in Roswell where he paint's sign's and stuff. He did a great job on my buddy's car!!!!

[Beav]

43 miles, I allow an hour.

I'm not livin' in the "hood" of Atlanta.

I'm an hour north of the airport among the boutique horse farms, and rich snobs.

I consider myself a "chigger on the rich man's butt!" 

Beav

I am also about an hour north of atlanta, where about's do you live Beav??? I only drive about 20 to 25 min's to the shop but I don't work at the shop. It's another 15 min's across town to the plant that I usually work at. Sometime's I have to drive about 2 1/2 to 3 hours if I have to go out on a road call to one of our far off customer's and then it's that long of a drive back home. Have made that trip alot over the past 6 month's sometimes three times a week but lately it has slowed down there I guess so I haven't had to make the trip but once in the past few weeks...

400 @ Windward parkway puts you within 4 miles of my place.... Milton (Alpharetta)

I'm north up I-75. Not sure what the exit number is but it's the adairsville exit, it's about a 20 min drive to my place off the interstate....

I sold my "nice house" 3 years ago.  Address was in White Ga (Amberleigh crossing subdivision.)  Highway 20 @ 108, between Canton and Cartersville.  I'm quite sure I've ridden a Harley past your place MANY times (rode all over through there lots.)

[AKcharger]

I think I win, 1175 mile commute each week, I live north of Tampa, work in Boston

[69wannabe]

43 miles, I allow an hour.

I'm not livin' in the "hood" of Atlanta.

I'm an hour north of the airport among the boutique horse farms, and rich snobs.

I consider myself a "chigger on the rich man's butt!" 

Beav

I am also about an hour north of atlanta, where about's do you live Beav??? I only drive about 20 to 25 min's to the shop but I don't work at the shop. It's another 15 min's across town to the plant that I usually work at. Sometime's I have to drive about 2 1/2 to 3 hours if I have to go out on a road call to one of our far off customer's and then it's that long of a drive back home. Have made that trip alot over the past 6 month's sometimes three times a week but lately it has slowed down there I guess so I haven't had to make the trip but once in the past few weeks...

400 @ Windward parkway puts you within 4 miles of my place.... Milton (Alpharetta)

I'm north up I-75. Not sure what the exit number is but it's the adairsville exit, it's about a 20 min drive to my place off the interstate....

I sold my "nice house" 3 years ago.  Address was in White Ga (Amberleigh crossing subdivision.)  Highway 20 @ 108, between Canton and Cartersville.  I'm quite sure I've ridden a Harley past your place MANY times (rode all over through there lots.)

Yeah, White is about 2 exit's from the adairsville exit. My buddy had a black 68 charger and he live's in Rydal which is very close to White. I actually live in Plainville which if you have lived up this way i'm sure you know where that hole in the wall is too!!!

[marshallfry01]

1-8 hours for me. Depends on which job I get sent too.