Who has the longest commute to work?

[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.