View Poll Results: What is the distance that you comute one way to work?
0-10miles
25
35.21%
11-20 miles
20
28.17%
21-30 miles
10
14.08%
30-45 miles
7
9.86%
45-65 miles
4
5.63%
66 miles plus
5
7.04%
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Comute to work
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From: Minneapolis USA
Comute to work
My commute is roughly 50 miles, but prior to starting my new job my commute was 75 miles one way. Typically only took like an hour but in the winter it was more like three hours to get to work..
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From: Greenup KY
Comute to work
I'm a construction worker (operator),so I change jobs often..
My current job in only 52 miles one way.......I've worked as close as 5 miles......and as far as three hours away.......( 3 hours to me =4 hours to the common man)...........I have been known to drive fast every now and then...........
The three hour drive liked to killed me though......from Greenup KY "near ashland" to Cincinnati OH........(get a map and look that up)............working 7-10's ...rough on a man..........cheeper than staying there though.....myself and another man done that for a month...........lucky to get 3 hours sleep a night.......
My current job in only 52 miles one way.......I've worked as close as 5 miles......and as far as three hours away.......( 3 hours to me =4 hours to the common man)...........I have been known to drive fast every now and then...........
The three hour drive liked to killed me though......from Greenup KY "near ashland" to Cincinnati OH........(get a map and look that up)............working 7-10's ...rough on a man..........cheeper than staying there though.....myself and another man done that for a month...........lucky to get 3 hours sleep a night.......
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Joined: Jul 2002
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From: Vancouver WA
Comute to work
Used to carpool about 20 miles or so. Now I get out of bed, walk to the computer and start searching the job search sites. Stupid telecom industry collapse!
Say, does anybody know somebody who needs a good tech in the Portland, OR area?
Say, does anybody know somebody who needs a good tech in the Portland, OR area?
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From: CT
Comute to work
Well, lets see, on a "normal" day, I usually drive 4 miles to school, back home, (another 4), then go to work, about 18-20 miles (I drive around for awhile before work) and another 7 miles back home, so thats about 33 miles per day, for 5 days a week.
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From: No. Kali
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From: 5600 feet high
Comute to work
hehehe. Suckers!
I only drive to work because I sometimes need my car. I get in my car, drive 1/2 block west, 25 yards south, 1/2 block west again, then 2 blocks south again. I cross 44th avenue and pull directly into my parking space. It's beautiful! And, I get to eat lunch at home every day with my dog and my couch...
On a normal day when people aren't riding their horses around the 'hood, it takes me all of a minute to get to work. In the summer, I ride a bike, and it takes me 5 minutes. I don't even have to get on a busy street, just cross one. My commuting coworkers frequent my house after work because I always have beer and we BBQ and play horseshoes until traffic on the Interstate settles down.
BDV
I only drive to work because I sometimes need my car. I get in my car, drive 1/2 block west, 25 yards south, 1/2 block west again, then 2 blocks south again. I cross 44th avenue and pull directly into my parking space. It's beautiful! And, I get to eat lunch at home every day with my dog and my couch...
On a normal day when people aren't riding their horses around the 'hood, it takes me all of a minute to get to work. In the summer, I ride a bike, and it takes me 5 minutes. I don't even have to get on a busy street, just cross one. My commuting coworkers frequent my house after work because I always have beer and we BBQ and play horseshoes until traffic on the Interstate settles down.
BDV
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Joined: Apr 2002
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From: Newport News
Comute to work
Right now I drive about 22 miles one way, that counts my stops to get coffee and donuts and fuel and Red Bull and water and everything else I grab in the morning to waste time. I used to drive about 45 miles one way...which just plain sucked. Driving through Norfolk Naval Base traffic, then through the bridge tunnel traffic, then Langley AFB traffic. God I'm glad I moved out to the sticks.
basstardo
basstardo
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From: Denver USA
Comute to work
Eight miles for me! One of the reasons I bought a gasser instead of the PSD. Denver commuting is terrible, some of my co-workers are on the roads an hour plus each way. I found my home after finding my job so I wouldn't have to deal with the freeways every day.
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From: 5600 feet high
Comute to work
CO4x4SD, you were wise, and your vigilance is paying it's dividend.
I found my job after I moved, but it was dumb luck. I didn't even realize how close it was to my house until after I was hired.
My girlfriend has to commute about 30 miles each way, from I-70 and Kipling to I-225 and Parker. No wonder she's so mean after work...
I wish there was better mass transit in Denver, but that's a long way off. But hey, Billy Owens got his way and now we have T-Rex, and in 10 years when it's finished, we'll have several more lanes of bumper to bumper traffic every day! I can't WAIT!!
BDV
I found my job after I moved, but it was dumb luck. I didn't even realize how close it was to my house until after I was hired.
My girlfriend has to commute about 30 miles each way, from I-70 and Kipling to I-225 and Parker. No wonder she's so mean after work...
I wish there was better mass transit in Denver, but that's a long way off. But hey, Billy Owens got his way and now we have T-Rex, and in 10 years when it's finished, we'll have several more lanes of bumper to bumper traffic every day! I can't WAIT!!
BDV
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Joined: Aug 2001
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From: Michigan
Comute to work
35 miles, 35 minutes - or 30 minutes when I'm in a hurry. Traffic is generally not a problem, because I'm usually on the road before the rush (start at 6:30am, leave at 3pm). Well, except for days like today when other peoples "emergencies" somehow become my problem.
The only thing that slows me down is construction, which in Michigan is pretty much constant if there isn't snow on the ground. I know of one particular stretch where they have replaced the guard rails 3 times in 3 years...they hadn't been hit, so perhaps they weren't shiny enough. Or, maybe new guardrails have an expiration date.
Either way, I'd rather that they fixed the huge pothole *next* to the guardrail instead...
I don't like having to drive that far, but it's worth it to be able to live out in the middle of nowhere.
LK
The only thing that slows me down is construction, which in Michigan is pretty much constant if there isn't snow on the ground. I know of one particular stretch where they have replaced the guard rails 3 times in 3 years...they hadn't been hit, so perhaps they weren't shiny enough. Or, maybe new guardrails have an expiration date.
Either way, I'd rather that they fixed the huge pothole *next* to the guardrail instead... I don't like having to drive that far, but it's worth it to be able to live out in the middle of nowhere.
LK
Last edited by LK; Feb 20, 2003 at 02:47 PM.
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