What's the max distance you'd be willing to drive for work?

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They'd have to pay a shitload of money and give me a car.

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A SHITLOAD and pay for ALL transportation as well as the car itself.

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Lafayette to Metarie

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I'd do it for $250k.

I don't think I could do more than 30 minutes.

I am spoiled though and never lived farther than 10-15 minutes from work in my life. Building a new house about 5 minutes from both our offices.

Lafayette to Metairie? That's a hell of a daily haul man. At w minimum its 2.5 hours on hwy 90. If you go 10 it's less miles but more traffic because of BR. No way I'd want to make that drive daily

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Lafayette to Metarie too far?

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absolutely. I'd be willing to drive an hour each way w/o traffic.

Yeah that's 4 hours of your day in your car 5 days a week AT LEAST.

There are roughly 260 work days a year.

That is 1040 hours a year spent in your car commuting to and from work. That is 43 days wasted doing nothing but sitting in traffic per year.

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Lafayette to Metarie too far?

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Distance isn't really the issue with this commute. It's the fact that you are going to travel across multiple choke points if you take I-10: Atchafalaya bridge, Baton Rouge MS River Bridge, and the Bonnet Carre Spill Way.

Each spot can add 20-30 minutes to a drive due to typical traffic or an accident. If you keep off of I-10 and take Hwy 90 most of the way, you still have problems with Bonnet Carre and 310.

The equation is supposed to be: Increase in salary - (increase in hours commuting × 1/2 hourly wage)