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Anybody here commute 45-60 miles each way for work?

Posted on 2/3/15 at 11:59 am
Posted by Colonel Angus
Member since Aug 2007
1617 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 11:59 am
Like daily? How long did it take before you started hating your job due to that? Is it worth a 40% pay bump to take a job requiring that (assuming you won't relocate closer to said job)?
Posted by Slingin Pickle
Fancy side of the North Shore
Member since Jun 2008
3013 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:00 pm to
do it everyday. completely worth it to live where i live.
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
20358 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:01 pm to
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
73142 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:01 pm to
no way in hell I would commute 45-60 miles each way for work for 40% more pay

maybe if I doubled my pay
Posted by CurDog
Member since Jan 2007
28082 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:01 pm to
quote:

Anybody here commute 45-60 miles each way for work?


Like daily?


did you tilt your head to side when you typed this?
Posted by Aspercel
Member since Jan 2009
105602 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:03 pm to
Husband drives br to New Orleans 7 days a week. Leaves about 3:30-3:45 in the am
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
58304 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:03 pm to
I drove 110 miles every day for almost 7 years. I didn't mind it at all as it was mostly interstate and I was going the opposite direction of all the traffic.

If your stuck in traffic the whole time that's a big dofference.
Posted by GumboDave
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2014
848 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:04 pm to
If you made $50K a year before, a 40% pay increase means you will make $70K now. That's a big jump. Definitely worth the drive.
Posted by TigerHam85
59-024 Kamehameha Highway
Member since Nov 2009
31493 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:04 pm to
2 days a week I commute 460 miles round trip.
Posted by GenesChin
The Promise Land
Member since Feb 2012
37706 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:05 pm to
quote:

daily?


Yes

quote:

How long did it take before you started hating your job due to that?


6 months to be sick of drive. Like the job still

quote:

Is it worth a 40% pay bump to take a job requiring that



Yes. Just have to be more time efficient.
Posted by Aspercel
Member since Jan 2009
105602 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:05 pm to
He hits traffic on the way back. They changed post times this year so he leaves later and the traffic s slightly better. Takes him forever to get from gentile to the spillway.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124184 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:05 pm to
frick that
Posted by Colonel Angus
Member since Aug 2007
1617 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:05 pm to
quote:

I drove 110 miles every day for almost 7 years. I didn't mind it at all as it was mostly interstate and I was going the opposite direction of all the traffic. If your stuck in traffic the whole time that's a big dofference


This is almost exactly what my situation would be if I got this job and accepted the offer. The thing I can't get past is being able to run home for lunch or errands at lunch that are only applicable to where I live.
Posted by buffbraz
Member since Nov 2005
5673 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:06 pm to
I've done it 3 times a week for several years now. I complain about it in my head from time to time, but it's worth it to live where you want to live. You have to go where the money is, and honestly you get used to it after a while. Howard Stern Show and Audible.com help ALOT.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 1:31 pm
Posted by bayou choupique
the banks of bayou choupique
Member since Oct 2014
1818 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:07 pm to
I drove 100 miles one way daily for years. it gets old real quick. Half of that distance could have been ok.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
259857 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:07 pm to
I did it for a year when I lived outside of Anchorage. The commute sucked but I loved living where I did at the time. It was worth it.
Posted by TheFranchise
The Stick
Member since Feb 2005
6202 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:13 pm to
I live near Shenandoah and work near College/Perkins so it's basically 45-60 mile commute (at least time-wise). I can't stand it.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
58304 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:15 pm to
I always worked away from home so I didn't know what I was missing. Now I live 3 miles from the office and I go home every day.

However, the hour long drive allowed me time to game plan for the day in my head, and also allowed me to relax on the way home. My office and area were so far away, I could feel like I was really leaving work behind in the afternoons.

I also have a company vehicle and they paid my fuel costs. That was a negative I didn't have to deal with personally.

ETA I passed a Walmart, CVS/Walgreens, gas stations, or anything else I would've needed in the town where I worked. Most of the time I passed them a few times a day. Allowed me to run errands on my way to or from the office.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 12:16 pm
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
66986 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:15 pm to
Nope, but 5 miles feels like 50 when the bridge is shut down
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:16 pm to
5 minute bike ride son
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