Daily commute.

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I recently left a company that let me work from home full time, and I wasn't a fan at all.

On one hand sure I saved gas and time not commuting, but on the other, my productivity took a hit. It's just not the same as being present on site, being able to interact person-to-person with clients and team members, having that comraderie, those random brainstorm sessions, those whiteboard sessions. All of that is absent when you limit your interactivity to virtual meetings, emails, chatrooms, and phone calls. Ultimately I both didn't feel like part of the team, and I was less driven, proactive, and efficient during that time.

Most of my interaction with clients is digital anyway, so I would drive into the city, barely talk to anyone for 8 hours, then drive home and open my laptop back up. It was completely redundant.

But I know what you mean. Hard to wake up/focus without changing environments. If I could find another quiet 20-30 minute rural commute I'd go for it.

[Weltschmerz]

Commute half an hour in one of these,

[B.UTLER]

45 mins one way maybe 30+ mins without traffic.

[Sup]

I work in DTLA and my drive there from where I live varies drastically.

Driving there in the best possible conditions, 17 minutes
Driving there in the worst possible conditions, 1 hour
With average conditions, 25 minutes

Driving home in the best possible conditions, 16 minutes
Driving home in the worst possible conditions, 1h 20m +
With average conditions, 40 minutes

[TBear]

Right now I work from home. Still takes 30 minutes to get to work.

[Mike D]

My weekly commute is around 13-16 hours traffic dependant for a 5 day working week.

What is yours and what do you consider the tipping point in time before you consider relocating?

my commute is 15 minutes each way with no traffic, 30 minutes with traffic, and an hour give or take if I decide to stop by your momma's crib

[Santa_]

About 40 minutes to get there and anywhere from 50 min- to an hour and 20 to get back. The traffic south of Portland is ****ing brutal.

[BrometheusBob.]

Over an hour each way for me but I get to work remotely a couple days a week which eases the pain. Plus I'm on a month-month rental agreement right now so I can move whenever I get really tired of being this far from the office / the city.

[*TonyMontana*]

Dude I work for picks me up from my door
I get chauffeured

[msagrain]

This is something I am always pondering over.

Living in the bay area, I market myself in my career as available to the whole bay area, however commute times across the bay can be awful, anywhere from 45 mins, to almost 2 hours depending on your commute times.

north bay to south bay, east bay to south bay, in/out of SF to anywhere, etc.



Currently, I am considering what may turn into an offer over in North Carolina, and was actually going to make a thread hear asking locals to tell me about the pros and cons before I consider relocating. I might also want to not relocate and just travel, or rent a real cheap room in that area and still pay rent on my apartment here and spend weekends or a week a month here to not completely give it up.

Anyway, commute times for me, as a cut-off, if it extends over an hour, you really have to assess if it's worth it. For some, it absolutely is, especially if you make good money. People are willing to drive pretty far to work to not sacrifice their home, maybe it's because it's beautiful, more affordable, quiet, whatever.

It's all about your priorities. If moving a block away from work would be huge because it saves you a few hours communting that could go elsewhere in your day, you get to wake up later, etc, but at the same time you hate the noise of the area, there is no parking, you don't care for the immediate nightlife, then don't do it. That is more or less my position on why I don't move directly into SF, that and cost of living.

If you neeeed nightlight for example, are one of those social butterfiles that can't go without "hanging out" every day, then living in the suburbs or woods a few hours from where you work might not be the best idea for you.

Things to consider: gas, weather, time involved, schedule volatility. These are things I consider. Would I drive every day, or do I work from home sometimes?

For me for example, what I drive matters too. The fact that I drive a V8 as opposed to a cuckmobile (Prius) matters.

That has shed light on some thinking for me.

My situation is I am at work for 7am. I leave work between 5pm-6pm.

It takes me 1 hour to get to work. Then a 15-20min bus journey the staff car park to the office.

Coming home its about an hour and a half journey then a 15-20 min bus ride.

So essentially I wake at 4:45 and leave for work at 5:30 to get there just before 7am

if I leave at 6pm it takes me to circa 7:30pm to get home.

That leaves just about enough time to eat and chill for an hours to go to bed.

It takes me all weekend to recover before I can do it again. Therefore my social life suffers.

In addition to this I'm doing a level 7 qualification in my spare time.

It may be time for me to re locate.