Once or twice a week is fine. That would make two hours not an impossibility, but certainly not typical. I couldnt imagine doing that every day. What works for one person doesnt always work for another, so its important to figure out what works best for your sanity! link to paper: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2013/demo/SEHSD-WP2013-03.pdf. I live 6.5 miles from my home in Arlington, Mass. The bus is so much better than the subway: no musicians playing, no panhandlers; no homeless people sleeping on the seats (although sometimes there are smelly homeless on the bus); if you get stuck in traffic and youre close to your destination you can just get out at the next stop and walk instead of being trapped underground in a tunnel with someones armpit pressed against your face; better air conditioning in the summer, etc. People texting, tinted rear windows, vigilantes who try to control the flow of traffic by driving slow in the fast lane, illegals aliens with legal drivers licenses who are unfamiliar with and did not learn how to drive on our freeways, lack of situational awareness. My commute in Philly was like that. For my next job I am trying very hard to not have to cross the river. School doesn't stop when you get home. I learned that I am not good with long commutes so I have always chosen to live fairly close to where I work (in the same town). So your commute really comes down to strategic choices about where you live (and Id you can afford it), traffic patterns, and where you work. Bay Area commutes can be awful, too, depending on where youre going. (I know theres not just about it.). Full-time, Part-time . It is working for us because most of the commute is on public transit. Small company full of hip millennials who are transplants and live in WeHo. Ive lived in L.A. all my life. Good luck! More than 25 minutes in the car each way would drive me mad before the first week was out. Mine is a 15 minute walk, but I live in a city. Wake up at 5AM Im sorry. If you do decide to suck it up and live with your commute, start exploring alternate routes. Huh. What kind of life is that? My gf at the time, her dad would watch all the cop chases and I hit the floor a few times because I know what gunfire sounds like. Ive had several coworkers with 1.5 hour to 2 hour commutes. Itd be unthinkable. For context, Im in the DC area and my commute door to door is roughly an hour on mass transit. My husband worked in Culver City. My company allows WFH as much as two days a week, which gives people flexibility and a better work/ life balance. Ugh, rain in LA = the WORST. I did figure out there were some things I could do to ease my commute: 30 miles is Pasadena to Santa Monica. Viva 35 mph on a freeway :(. If I take a Lyft or drive I can get there in only half the time, but I dont currently have a car, so for now its bus/walk/occasionally bike. The patterns would be a little kinder. 101 to the 5 is what takes the longest. My thought being, whats the point of living somewhere nice if youre not home enough to enjoy it? I have a 30-35 minute commute and that is plenty long enough. My commute is 20 minutes IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, and a small part of me wants my mom to sell us her house* so my commute is a more reasonable 5 minutes if I get the traffic light. But restaurants and shops tend to be located in residential areas so theres always a house just across from them? I know its not entirely the same but I avoid situations where I potentially could be harmed I know its somewhat over the top. with no traffic, so 2 hours isnt a huge difference. because it took 45 minutes just to make it down La Cienega to the 405. Im really trying to do the same, as I had an hour-long commute in high school and it was rough. Its short on the commuter rail which is really restrictive in terms of times. The scariest was a semi truck veering across 5 lanes of traffic to land onto the interstate median and surprisingly no other car was involved. At the end of our commutes, we were both exhausted, but he was far more aggravated on top of that, due to the inherent frustration that comes with that kind of slow-moving traffic. I live/work in northern VA (just south of DC), and traffic is notoriously bad here, as well, though not as bad as in LA. Ill take a one hour drive in my car, listening to music on a nice surround system, over a 30 minute rail commute filled with smelly homeless and ranting lunatics. I love LA and would give anything to move back, but it would only happen if I had a sustainable commute. I used to have a seasonal job at a nearby amusement park and from getting in my car to parking in the lot took between 2 and 3 minutes. Ultimately, I had to change jobs because the commute was too much.). You get used to it. They both decided that we should get off the highway and go the backroads, which, of course, was probably one of the worst neighborhoods and were driving a rented Camaro convertible. I have no life outside of work, and for me this is not sustainable. I think this is exactly the problem. I live 15 miles from all directions from Boston. Blue line to red line, and then ride share or bus would also work. My daily drive is about 26 miles, and takes just about 1.25 hours during the school year, including one stop to pick up my carpool buddy. But yeah, I know a woman who lives in LA and has a 1 to 2 hour commute every day. My brother lives in northern VA suburbs and I dread the traffic on the Outer Loop around DC. Why would anyone live 30 miles away from work? My commute is 8 miles. *scratching LA off the list of cities I could move to*. I beg to differ. . It can easily fudge up to 45+ minutes if Mr. Town and I carpool and we decide to stop for breakfast. Yep. The Bay Area is another place, like LA, where you really have to limit your geographical options when looking for jobs. Theres a big difference between having an hour commute where youre steadily moving the entire time and spending an hour in non-moving traffic. This current 10 minute commute is my reward for all those winter road commutes on the highway. Sorry to say, if youre committed to staying in LA, very few commutes are going to be short. to 75 min. Its AWFUL. Ive been clicking through to different infographics for like half an hour now. Now my commute is 25 minutes on one bus. Ive since moved, but my 10 mile commute still take 30-45 minutes each morning. The worst days weve encountered in 8 months were 2 separate days where it took me two hours- and that was literally when a water main break (and a gas pipe leak) caused multiple freeway shut downs that made everyone get stuck. Thats WHY we have such horrible traffic! To be fair, being ok with a 4 hr commute doesnt mean they dont value their lives & people in it. Ive never lived in CA, so I cant speak to whether thats normal for the area, but that sounds miserable and not something you should accept. How fit are you currently. It sounds like L.A. commutes are hellish by definition, but it seems like it shouldnt be impossible to find something where at least your hours are a little more flexible. Were not even talking about using any freeways here that would be even longer. The weather in LA is not that great; San Diegos is much better IMO. Currently my commute is about an hour each way, in ideal conditions. wheres the promotion I was promised months ago? Keep your fingers crossed for me please! During rush hour, it took about 1.5 hours ten years ago. When its preferable to people to drive 2 hours over a mountain pass each way rather than live within 30 miles of work because its a less stressful commute with the same amount of time as living closer? Authored by: Certified Corporate Development Professional - Director 1 BillBelichick37 IB Rank: Almost Human 6,990 Jan 11, 2016 - 9:01am Some cities (San Fran being one) are simply not affordable for people, or people would rather live outside the city, and they make the decision that the job is worth that choice. And my office is walking distance to the train station. But some of the people that worked with me commuted from freaking Fairfield! Those trips are close to an hour even late at night because its not all highway. If it were by bus I might not feel the same way, but Ive never had to deal with that. Its a problem of too many people, too many cars. Even if you ignore that a more or less direct route from (for instance) Huntington Beach to LA (30 miles) would take the OP through some pretty dangerous areas, like Compton, so cal drivers tend to be hostile to bicyclists in general, and the communities do not have well maintained or even designated bike lanes. That is going 11 miles. You have to move where the job is or its not feasible. Oh, Los Angeles! Alas, Los Angeles is like this nowadays. My aging brain just cant take the stress. It really doesnt matter whether I leave at 7 am or at 9 am it takes just as long to get in every day. should we give extra sick days to employees who cant work from home? As youre looking for your next job, maybe try putting the commute into Google or Bing Maps with your normal leaving or arrival times? Its not over the top. This is in the midwest US, to a state capital. I do all my decompressing in my car and I drive 45 minutes out of my way to shop in peace as well, so Im just a big ol crazy pants wanderer. Currently my commute is somewhere between 80-130 minutes each way depending on traffic, but its a temporary contract job (5 months) and I have an untaxed stipend for mileage/food/lodging. And you probably dont want to be driving since the parking costs downtown are redonk. This is so spot on. The Bay has faster commutes than SoCal, in part because theres more commuter rails and theres more carpooling and carpool incentives). Having more/less freeway time, more/less surface street time, time of day youre coming and going, whether youre traveling with or against the bulk of traffic in the areas youre in makes a HUGE difference. :(. When the commute impacts your quality of life its definitely time to think of solutions. I think it is very hard to understand LA geography without spending some time driving there (and you can spend decades there without seeing or interacting with 2/3 of it, depending on the corridors you frequent). These are all contributing factors in why traffic is so bad in LA. I would sincerely hate this commute. But, thats because I work 7-3 or 3:30 and get in about 6:30-6:45. Be careful of the cost implications though, increasing mileage might bump your insurance costs up. Feb 7 2021 1 hr 1 min. 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