[the_enigma]

hey do u guys have experiences of any really long commutes. i know this friend who travels 2 hours on the train to get to uni. thats 4 hours out of your day! lots of other friends i know travel 1.5 hours to uni. then theres ppl who travel hours to see their loved ones. i guess thats ok, depending on how long u get to see them for. but if the time u see them is less than the total travel time, is that really worth it?

for me, i consider anything more than 1/2 drive as a long commute. on the train, it can be longer. but i tend not to have to travel far for anything so i get amazed how ppl can travel so far especially on a daily basis or to see someone for a relatively short moment.

any experiences to share, guys?

[ayahuasca]

I used to do 2 and a half hours one way before i moved. I'd get up at 6, catch the train at 6:50 and get to work around 9:15..... so yeh 5 hours a day just travelling

[xellekimx]

My commute is 1 hr 15 min each way. I drive to the metro for about 35 minutes and then another 35 is spent on the train.

It sucks.

[~ BunnyliciouS ~]

a few years ago i had trouble finding a job near where I lived, it's a small city plus I didn't have office work experience.
After 7 months of looking, I finally found a job in the city 2 hours from my home. So i lived at my bro's house, which about 20 mins drive from work.
Every weekend I went home, to see my bf (now hubby) who had been babysitting my apartment.
I was still paying the rent at the time because I wasn't planning to keep the job, since it's only an entry-level. I worked there just for the experience while looking for a better job near home. I found one after working there for 8 months.
Almost half of my paycheck was used up to pay for the gas I used to commute back home T_T


Home to current job, about 20-30 mins drive one way.

[be_mellow]

I used to work 1 hour 40minutes away from home on the weekends (including train traffic jams and walking). I realized it's not worth my time so I decide not to work there anymore after graduation.

At University, I'm 2.5 hours away from home, so I dorm instead of commute. It's really a waste of 5 hours when something else productive could've been done.

[questions987]

my commute is about an hour each way a day. It works though - I liked my job and my company is still good even if my job is making my head hurt and moving closer isn't an option - my mom freaks out if she doesn't see me everyday so I live 2 houses away from her now.

[Meenuh]

My commute is about 15 minutes... WALKING. lol. Yeah .. I walk to work It used to take me about an hour to get to school. Although it wasn't that far, traffic is bad in the morning going to santa monica college.

[HERMIT]

Wow, some of you guys have insanely long commutes to school/work.
Consider me one of the fortunate ones for living close to work.
I timed myself once and it takes me roughly 12-15 minutes literally from my front doorstep to the drive thru window.

[[HyuNi]]

I drive about 50 miles one way to work.
Fortunately I go against traffic, but still makes for an hour long travel.

It used to suck because I don't have radio and listening to the same music get reptitive & boring and made me sleepy, which is ridiculously dangerous.
I'm still trekking along 1.3 years later, but I've gotten used to things and it isn't so bad.

I found 2 radio stations that work: a mexican station, and WMBI Moody radio. It's a Christian station that plays praise songs, but mainly focuses on talk radio and sermons. It's a decent station, although I absolutely loathe the politcal talk. I'm explaining it as fate. It's odd because no other frequencies work, but those two are crystal clear. Maybe I was led to have more faith based exposure... that or I'm going to Mexico soon.

For those who commute long distances, do you have those days where you completely blank out when your driving and when you get home, you turn off the engine and ask yourself, 'How the hell did I get home?!' It's frightening how autonomous we really are. We're slaves to the familiar

[HERMIT]

For those who commute long distances, do you have those days where you completely blank out when your driving and when you get home, you turn off the engine and ask yourself, 'How the hell did I get home?!' It's frightening how autonomous we really are. We're slaves to the familiar

Never mind long distance commutes, I've had some late Friday and Saturday nights where I'm asking myself the same thing.

[Temoin la Nuit]

Heh, I used to hate my long commute..

I'm 5 minutes walking distance from work now, though

It's awesome

[nowayin]

It takes me about 45 mins to get to school by bus. It does not seem too long because I switch buses, but I were to sit 45 mins on one bus, I would probably feel it.
The sad thing is, it takes probably 15-20 minutes to get to school if i drive. =.=

[Prot]

Back in high school I had to take the bus then subway totaling an hour 15mins one way. I just compensated for my lack of sleep during the ride or did hw so it doesn't matter as much to me. In college, I use to be able to just roll out of bed and walk across the street to class but I changed to a different building for this year and it is up on a hill so now I have to walk 10minutes which I feel sucks more than the hour 15min commute.

[tasty]

1.5 hours each way (for uni).

but i don't mind. i love the quiet time to myself. i listen to music and THINK A LOT.

[questions987]

For those who commute long distances, do you have those days where you completely blank out when your driving and when you get home, you turn off the engine and ask yourself, 'How the hell did I get home?!' It's frightening how autonomous we really are. We're slaves to the familiar

I do that all the time - when I'm driving at 5 in the morning, I look up and go - wait, how did I get to work? it's sad how we zone out

[Millou]

I commute 1h 30min each way to college. I commute with bus, train, tram, walk / walk, tram,train,bus.
It sucks when I have early classes...but I can sleep on the train

[naoto]

Love taking the train for an hour to get to school. I have music, when I listen to it sometimes I space out and pretend I'm doing something. If I'm listening to gundam music I pretend I am flying a sky grasper. If I'm listening to hip hop I think I'm driving a bimmer or something. I never get tired of dreaming and my commute becomes instant.

[ayahuasca]

For those who commute long distances, do you have those days where you completely blank out when your driving and when you get home, you turn off the engine and ask yourself, 'How the hell did I get home?!' It's frightening how autonomous we really are. We're slaves to the familiar

Yeh that happened once when i used to drive an hour or more to uni. I was so slaved to it i forgot to pick up my brother....

[Pogichinoy]

I've travelled 1.5 hrs each way to get to work, travelled 22 hrs to get to London from Sydney and also drove 8 hrs to get to Coffs harbour from Sydney.

NEVER AGAIN!!

In my new place, it just takes me 25 mins to get to work.

[qquinto]

my commute takes me 30 minutes to an hour depending on the traffic. not that bad, but i get sleepy sooo easily, so it's kinda dangerous for me lol. sometimes i drive there just for one class to do an attendance quiz only -O-;; talk about a waste of gas and time.