Active Now

Malizz
Shuhak
Discussion » Questions » Jobs » How far is too far to commute to work?

How far is too far to commute to work?

Posted - April 27, 2017

Responses


  • 16197
    At one point, I was travelling five hours a day, two and a half each way. That's too far.

    90 minutes is the max I'd consider now.
      April 27, 2017 9:55 PM MDT
    1

  • 7919
    Woah. That's pretty awful. Why did you drive that much?
      April 27, 2017 10:15 PM MDT
    0

  • 16197
    I didn't drive unless the trains weren't running (happened twice in two years - once due to a derailment, the other due to a drivers' strike). Sydney is like that, if you want a rent that a young couple can afford (the extreme outer fringe suburbs), but still wotk in the city, it's a long commute. I lived in Lawson, worked in North Sydney - two hours on the train to Sydney, then another half hour across the Harbour Bridge and up the line a bit.
    Adelaide is a smaller city and less expensive. Traffic is also less of a nightmare, so I do drive more often now - 30 to 45 minutes depending on traffic. 20 minutes if it's early on a weekend morning, there's almost nothing on the road then.
      April 27, 2017 11:44 PM MDT
    0

  • 10029
    Unless you're getting paid for your travel time, I'd say 30-40 minutes would be the most I'd do.
      April 27, 2017 10:06 PM MDT
    1

  • 7919
    I think most would probably feel the same.
      April 27, 2017 10:16 PM MDT
    1

  • 17364
    20 minute trip
      April 28, 2017 11:09 AM MDT
    0

  • 26 miles or 45 minutes is my limit. I've been doing that almost every day the last 6 years. Sirius XM helps pass the time. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 28, 2017 12:21 PM MDT
      April 28, 2017 12:20 PM MDT
    0

  • 32527
    The most I have ever done it 40 min and that is too long for me. 
    We now live 5 min from work. 
      April 29, 2017 8:33 AM MDT
    0

  • 22891
    when it gets too expensive , like having to take cabs cause buses dont go there
      May 1, 2017 5:47 PM MDT
    0