How far would you commute

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What commuting time would you consider as acceptable? I'm starting a new job in few weeks and my commuting time will increase from 20 minutes to at least 1 hour 30 minutes... Am I in for a world of hurt?
 
I do 1.5 hours each way, but spend most of it watching tv shows, reading comics and playing games on my phone, so I don't mind.
 
I'm going from an 8 minute walk to a 10 minute drive/15 minute tram ride.

I think that's the max for me as I hate commuting.
 
Depends how easy is the 90min commute.

I do that now, its easy as its a direct train, i sleep, wake up and i am there. It is literally end to end of the line so i NEVER miss my stop.
 
I'm current 45mins, though I would much rather be 30mins or less.
Spend too much of your day travelling otherwise, I count travelling as 'work time'.
 
All depends on the drive.

1 hour on the motorway? No.
1 hour in city traffic? No.
1 hour on mountainous B roads? Yes.
 
I'm going to be doing about an hour each way from August. Only time will tell if I get used to it or if I have to move closer to reclaim my life. I might buy an iPad before then so I can watch TV programmes, etc. It's not getting a seat on the train which is the biggest pain, though.
 
I'd say 1 hour 30 would be the max for me. That's 3 hours of your day wasted on travel alone. Or, if you like, just shy of two 8 hour work shifts. Would hope the salary would be worth it in relation to that.
 
It would depend entirely on the job and the salary, obviously.

I'd do hours a day for 100k a year doing something I'd always wanted to.

For most jobs, however, I'd not be prepared to waste 3 hours of my life every single day extending my working day through travel time. Happy with my 10 minutes-each-way drive, thanks.

I'd need a *lot* more money to give that up.
 
My 13 mile commute in Cambridge used to take me as long as driving Cambridge to Luton which is 50 miles almost. It's also a lot less stressful, all depends on the job pay and what you want from life at that point. I wouldn't do it 9 to 5 and only really drive 90 days per year so there's so many things you have to factor in before you can make a statement on how far you would drive. One of my collegues does 130 miles each way in a corsa that now has 250k on the clock and given him no expensive troubles at all.
 
Depends on the driving too, I would rather drive for 2.5 hours to Bakersfield on an empty freeway than 30 mins in LA traffic which is rage.

Also depends on the rewards, I get paid for drive-time and mileage on top so if I'm stuck in traffic it's a small solace that at least I'm getting paid for it :p
 
I'm about 35 minutes each way and that suits me fine. There is no way I would go back to 3 hours a day unless, as Fox says, it was for a frankly obscene amount of money.
 
I'm the type who prefer to live in the town of where I work. I currently live 3 miles, bus it there so that I'm not sweaty and horrible at the start of day, then walk the 3 miles home. Journey takes about 40 minutes each way. I think it's a waste having to commute 1hr 30m each way going into the next city with car or train costs. Unless you're on £40k or summat, then you're sussed.
 
3 hours.
I'm fine with it as long as the journey isn't tedious. I would prefer a one hour train ride to a 30 min journey with lots of bus changes.
 
Its one train ride into London 50 minutes, then underground which should take about 20 minutes. I loaded up my Kindle with loads of book in preparation.

Its either that or move to central London and paying £1k+ rent instead of £700 I'm paying now. I know I can houseshare but too use to my own space and studio flat is a no go.
 
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Monserrat said:
I think it's a waste having to commute 1hr 30m each way going into the next city with car or train costs. Unless you're on £40k or summat, then you're sussed.
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Without being 'that guy', I don't think 40k is enough to spend 15 hours a week stuck in a car/train/bus. I suppose we all have our expectation points though.
 
[FnG]magnolia;19474449 said:
Without being 'that guy', I don't think 40k is enough to spend 15 hours a week stuck in a car/train/bus. I suppose we all have our expectation points though.
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Quite - assuming we count travel time as 'work time' you pull your average earnings down to about 13 quid an hour if you do that.

Greeeeeeeeeeeat.
 
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