Also, I wonder, how long is your boyfriends commute? My sister used to do Pomona to Glendale, but she luckily had an early start. I pick jobs I apply for (Im lucky to be in a in-demand job so I can be picky) and if Id really have no choice for a job, Id move closer (Im by no means attached to my house, its just a house). My actual work commute is short (god bless flyover country), but Ive done long drives a lot and 2 hours of driving on a rural NM back road is *so* much less stressful than 2 hours of driving in Austin. Yeaaaa id say a 30 mile by car commute is risky no matter where you live, especially if its a major city and ESPECIALLY if its somewhere like LA. It's dark and cold. LA math: 4 blocks closer = $100K more -30 minutes of your life back every day x 365 = sanity-debt. Ive always had a long commute, until moving a couple of years ago cut my commute down to 20 minutes and going remote a few months ago cut it down to nothing. Ive lived in Orange County for 35 years. I also live in LB, and I previously commuted to Culver City/Marina del Rey. Lately, Ive started bringing my laptop and working, so perhaps Ill start leaving earlier and spending less time at the office. Thats where my BF works too. LA traffic is the worst. If I took the metro, the trip would be more expensive though it would take approximately the same amount of time, and I wouldnt be able to sleep and the process wouldnt be as pleasant: the commuter train has outlets at each seat, a bathroom or two, and food and drinks are allowed (even adult beverages if you are not disruptive). Its a problem of too many people, too many cars. Yep! 30-45 on a good day. In my job there I did a lot of driving to sites, which stressed me out but eventually I came to love, because I learned about different parts of the area, and our clients various secret tips and so on. For a while, my husband and I were both commuting in opposite directions from our house, each taking roughly an hour. Also, Metro is beefing up security on lines and I would always see sherriffs on board checking fares. Ive lived in Los Angeles all my life, and long commutes are a thing here. About 11 mi. Good luck, OP! Typical and normal are two different things. My current one is 15 on a good day, and when its nice out I can even walk in ~25 minutes. I think just having parents around to babysit at short notice, and actually being able to do things in the evenings occasionally with my partner would be amazing. Right now Im at about 45-50 minutes depending on metro waits. When I lived in LA, I made a point of living as close to work as possible, because I knew the commute times were terrible. Its actually faster for me to bike (either all the way, or do bike + bus) than busses +walk, so when it is feasible, Ill often do that. How can I make my drive to work more productive? Anywhere outside that, bring supplies.). Now, where I live (Alabama) my commute is like 10 minutes. Speaking as a lifelong Bay Area resident, I would never say that 2 hours is *normal* for the Bay. Dont let him hold you back from reorganizing your life to make it more tolerable to you. As others have said, doesnt matter whats normal. Now it take 15-25 minutes depending on how long the lines are at the main gate. O_O Ha! The only thing that would slow me down was if the drawbridge was up (Seriously, a drawbridge on a major freeway). even that is on the higher end of what i would prefer. I wont leave SoCal again til I shuffle off this mortal coil. Really test it. I have a sister who lives in rural Washington state, and one morning while I was visiting, she warned that wed be stuck in traffic to go to the restaurant she had in mind. Wow. In first period, kids were talking Man, did you see that flat squirrel near the main entrance? Yeah, it was SO FLAT! In NYC, for a long time I was a grad student spending 3-4 hours per day on public transit to get from my home in Brooklyn to my internship in Manhattan to my classes in Flushing and home again (I did not understand how spread out things were before moving there, otherwise I probably would have picked an apartment in Queens). Sacramento is its own metro area and is solidly Central Valley/Sacramento Valley, but theres also the Amtrak, which can make the commute less miserable than driving. It doesnt seem excessive compared to the commutes of others in my office. I moved apartments as soon as I could and cut it down to a ten-minute drive. NOPE! Much better. I do a 6 hour round commute once or twice a week. A 2 hour commute is a reason to move. But its much more relaxing than driving from Toronto to Barrie. Oops, I posted something else before I saw this. The bus is so much better than the subway: no musicians playing, no panhandlers; no homeless people sleeping on the seats (although sometimes there are smelly homeless on the bus); if you get stuck in traffic and youre close to your destination you can just get out at the next stop and walk instead of being trapped underground in a tunnel with someones armpit pressed against your face; better air conditioning in the summer, etc. My commute is 2 hours each way because I live outside London on one side, and work in a part of London WAY over on the other side. It takes 10 plus minutes to get off my hill which is a mile on some days. :(. Theres a reason why people in Southern California give distances in time and not in miles. (Thats good luck! in Theatre-ese), I commuted from western NJ to NYC for a year, and it took 2+ hours each way. So all that said, Allisons advice is really the best. Stop arguing with your boyfriend. So, yeah, something can be typical for a region, but that doesnt mean you have to leave the region to get a better commute. This represents 3.6 percent of the national average annual salary, which is $40,690.". Saying that, Im happy to abandon working with my other half if my job application for a job 15 minutes from home is successful ! I dont live in LA, but I visit frequently and have close friends who do live there. how much social media use at work is too much? Many others need to hop on a subway once they get into the city. You will feel like a whole new person when you find a reasonable commute. I was new to the area and was blinded bc it was a Cool Company and I thought I liked driving after not having a car for 5+ years and was excited about it. Today I'd have a ton of options, and if I was on a train I'd be more than fine. Never again. Mine is 35-45 minutes by public transport, and thats about my limit. Thats my absolute limit. Or at least, not by SoCal standards! Drive to bus station. What matters is youre miserable, so you should look elsewhere. On the road by 6AM I have a =/- 1.5 hour one way commute right now, due to economic factors turns out housing close to work is crazy expensive, who knew? Its a nice way to decompress from the day, as opposed to getting on the T which is usually just as stressful as work, if not moreso. I hope you can find something with a reasonable commute (2 hours is not, imo). even with having many more public transport options. I used to commute longer and it drove me nuts because, inevitably, pretty much every Friday night on the way home, there would be an accident. I would feel very differently about this if I were driving everyday into the district. to my office in Belmont, Mass. NYC. Traffic can be heavier in some areas than others. Its especially frustrating in a stick shift because your clutch foot gets so tired. Im sorry! LA is an entirely different level of traffic. I think 10 is about the limit. However, a lot of that was a voluntary tradeoff of having a pleasanter commute (living farther up the line meant I was guaranteed a seat on the train) vs. a shorter commute (when I might have to wait for a few trains to go by because theyre so squished). For some fellow locals, its a major stressor but it doesnt bother me much. Anyway! miles. do I still need to wear a suit to a job interview? The nation's major metros all have similar commute times, ranging from 28 to 37 minutes. I am from California and some time ago I decided to move about 30 miles away from work. But 2 hours? Now I work at an office 15 minutes away and could go full time from home if I wanted. Transit trips tend to be longer on average than driving commutes, which can be because of the added time of transfers/connecting/slower travel, but also because people are willing to tolerate longer transit trips than driving trips since they can zone out/sleep/read/work en route. But it is getting worse. Mine is about 10 minutes in the worst traffic, but that is because I live in a tiny little town. OP, Im older than you by 20, so let me share my thoughts on a long commute. Hosted by people who live in SoCal. The LW is entitled to not want to have a commute like that and theres no information that the BF is pressing back against it by saying its normal. Employees who are called back to work on a holiday are entitled to at least 2 hours pay at the holiday premium pay rate (5 U.S.C. Long rural commutes can be hard on your gas budget and wear and tear on your car, though. Its the travel at either side of the train journey train is about 1/2 hour, but 20-30 min bus on either end + waiting for connections. Also, are there no public transport options at all where you live? When I moved recently I looked for an apartment in easy commuting distance. My current commute is 14 miles and takes 16 minutes because I work in Sunland, where no one goes ever, so no traffic. OP, if you cant quit (or even if you can) I strongly advise you take steps to make your commute as nice and relaxing as possible! Its common for people to have to pull over and knock to offer reimbursement for hitting a chicken/guinea hen/something else. Glad to hear youre getting bites right away hopefully theyre much closer to home! Mine is 35 minutes. I am also a native Southern Californian, and while I wouldnt go so far as to say 2 hours is completely normal, it is not at *all* unusual. I live in Bernal Heights and work in San Mateo (13 miles door to door) and its usually 35 minutes in the morning and 50-70 minutes in the afternoon, which somehow still boggles my mind every time I sit in it. I would look for another job, OPjust because a lot of people are willing to accept it doesnt mean its right for you. Thankfully, the secretary graciously offered to begin picking me up at the nearby train station, cutting my commute by about 40-45 minutes. I would rather drive than depend on public transportation, which doesnt save me any time at all either. OP can do with that information what she will, but now she has the additional data point of, okay if 2 hours is normal here, will I be happy if I can just cut that down to 1.5 hours, however I can?. Im in Southern CA but out by Palm Springs. MUNI IS THE WORST. Read a zillion comments & all I can think of is that here in California we are really suffering with tons of jobs but zero transit & housing solutions (sigh). Its glorious. 55-1 hour 15. stop and go. Why?! You can either move closer to work, or look for work closer to where you live. I like you, I thought my commute would not be too bad (give or take 20 to 30 mins every day). If you like music or podcasts or can read while youre in a moving vehicle that might make your commute a lot more enjoyable! 1000 cars can go 60 mph just as well as 10 cars as long as theyre all going the same speed. Biking 10 miles in that sounds like a recipe for heat stroke. Just because it is normal doesnt mean its sane. In Los Angeles if you cant bear a long commute you need a job that is very close to where you live and/or is the opposite direction than traffic. She was trying to get out of the traffic. The freeway systems are less well planned than LA/OC/SD and require many many more lane changes. That said, when I relocated to the Northwest, I was adamant that I needed a much shorter commute. Im lucky in that I can afford to live about 10 miles away from where I work, but before that, I had to live about 30 miles away from work because thats what my family could afford. Im sorry. I have a two hour one-way commute to work from New Jersey to New York. Though, he did have a motorcycle, which made the commute a lot less worse. When I was commuting 45 minutes on my bike, even in wintry conditions, I had other young and healthy friends who said I dont understand how you can bike that far, I would never but ultimately I enjoyed it. This includes driving to the park-n-ride, parking, walking to the bus, sometimes waiting for the bus, riding the bus, walking to my office. not trying to say you should walk instead, just emphasizing how silly that time is!). If OP (or anyone else) doesnt feel comfortable taking it, its not really very cool to try and push her into doing it. 2 hours commute during rush hour in LA is completely normal. Original Poster, glad you are in a position where you can make that decision. I live and work in Contra Costa County SF Bay Area, across the Bay Bridge past Oakland. It can be fun and you get to bond with coworkers. When I had to commute via the subway, it was 20 minutes at most (I also live near three different subway lines). I was excited if it only took 1.5 hrs. (I get a seat about 50% of the time.) Good luck! Unfortunately that is not unusual for LA. I used to live in Hollywood and Im on the freeway 3-4 hours daily. Gods bless manual transmissions, I can usually avoid it unless its very sudden deceleration. Lombard to Deerfield is a haul, congrats on finding something closer. I live in the Denver metro, which is somewhat trafficky but nowhere near LA levels, and a 30 mile commute into/across downtown during rush hour will easily be 1-1.5 hours. Im in the Boston area. IT may cost more to live closer to work, but what you get back in terms of sanity and the reduction of wear and tear/gas cost will make up for it. If you feel like youre competing with all the other cars on the road, youre going to be in a stressed mindset thats not contributing to safe driving or a happy day. I also was going to school at night in Sylmar, so my days wouldve been spent driving and Id have zero life. Does a move make sense for a shorter commute when it's only 2 days? I love LB and do not want to leave. Go to Nottingham (don't commute) Go to Holloway (commute) A jsuch01 I am going to uni in sep, and i am considering commuting 2 hours, each trip, to my uni. Distance in miles is not how the commute is measured in LA/OC, and a 2-hour commute could be entirely normal based on where you live. But those are 6 very, very long miles if you drive. Keeping your car clean will probably also help a lot. I live in a big city with a lot of surrounding suburbs that makes a huge metro area. Picking Up Three Kids At Two Different Locations In Provo Twice Week. 4 hour commute once a week wouldn't even register for me. ), and the JOB was miserable. So Cal native yup, 2 hours can be totally normal. I think you should look for something closer but in the meantime, consider the blue + red line 1-2x/week. We were in Huntington Beach and decided to go to Hollywood. I live six miles from my work, and it takes me fifty-five minutes by public transit (when its working on time, etc) and about an hour and fifteen by car. Just because they dont value their lives and the people in it, doesnt mean the rest of the company has to follow. Id take a 30 minute drive over a 15 minute bus ride. This makes me so sad. It takes longer by bus from Hoboken or Secaucus to my office.). He was able to pay off his student loans quite ahead of schedule too which is a nice perk! In Boston, it took me 45 minutes (perfectly timed) to 1.5 hours (stupid Red Sox games) to make it the seven-ish miles from home to work. Then I took a job in Culver City my commute was 45 min-1 hr each way every day, but only 20 min with no traffic! A little over an hour is by commuter rail. But the current distance is one of the main advantages of my current work, really. ), I can move back. They were flexible on start times but I always tried to shoot for 9:30 or earlier versus 10 because I wanted OUT. Public transit is not that amazing, especially if you are outside the city core. I did that length of a commute for about a year when I lived there. BUT when I first moved here I lived in West L.A. and worked in Seal Beach and yeah it was 1 1/2 ish I got used to it and did audio books, called family liked my Grandma, tried to carpool when I could, etc. So there are a lot of factors. My longest since then was 45 minutes driving across town even during rush hour. Plus, youve probably noticed by now that LA drivers are horrible ignoring red lights, racing up shoulders, etc. Also a New Yorker. Two hours feels like more than I could stand as a daily thing even with audiobooks, but I really cant recommend audiobooks (and podcasts) enough for relieving the stress of commuting to work. Now I am lucky to work 9 miles and 15 minutes from home and I love it. You *could* get an electric car with the carpool lane sticker and take it when youre rising solo, but Im pretty sure those expire this year. I am hoping I never actually do! I did try another of her series by audiobook though and really enjoyed it Indexing. Some of the people here choose to live in a faraway suburb, or even the next state over, and do 1 2+ hour commutes. Its a ~10 mile commute that took me 45 minutes each way on a good day. If that makes his commute longer, well, hes the one who thinks 2+ hours is no problem, so let him deal with it. Its very specific to you. Im not surprised that it has doubled as of today. Commuting provides the time to get through books, reviews and articles; I've fallen back in love with great authors as a result. Of course, being able to just clock out and listen to music or something on the train is what makes it bearable. My commute would have been about 50 minutes, with the opportunity of a park-and-ride situation where half of that would have been on a train. Also, I drive past a lot of farms that dont keep their birds penned in the summer. I commute a total of 4 hours a day to London from my home town. LA is opening new rail lines more frequently, so you might have a solution come up soon. Lots of people can handle that, but I cannot. I will say, with my patience level, I do okay stuck in traffic (red lights, pedestrians, etc.) I am an average-sized white female. And I managed a 45 minute driving commute for two and a half years, its not bad, but not ideal either, even with some sweet tunes in the car. Its not about what a normal commute is, its about what the OP wants in her life and what shes willing to do in terms of her commute. He had to take the 580 through the mountains to get to Fremont, which is a total bottleneck so it always sucked. I live on the East Coast and my commute is about 15 miles and takes me 20 minutes. My last contract was about 40 miles away from my domicile and I drove. COL wasnt that bad but holy crap after over a decade of having a commute, it was not good on my overall health. 30 miles is very far for LA commuters. I have heard good things about the Dresden Files on audiobook / James Marsters narrates them; I read them before my audiobook obsession began or Id probably have listened to them. )even the drive to school wasnt that bad! It is wonderful. About 70 minutes of that is on the commuter rail though, and the rest of it is getting to Providence Station and getting from Boston South Station to my workplace via the Red Line. I also lived uptown and usually got a seat, so YMMV.). Regarding the latter, I suggest watching cgpgreys video on traffic. I live on the east coast, and the stories I hear about LA traffic are enough to make me want to stay on this side of the country forever. It takes me about 45 minutes to get 12 miles to work when I leave at 7:30 AM. I found a radio station with bible studies, so I listened to that. 40 x 5 = 200, or over 3 hours. OP, commutes are really important to quality of life and employers understand when theyre not feasible. Brooklyn to Midtown Manhattan here, Im ~45 minutes door to door, ~60 if I get a seat on the local subway and decide to take it the whole way so I can get a nap in. Learned that lesson the hard way! It gets old, fast :) I think the longest commute I have ever had was 45 minutes to an hour (once driving and once by subway). However, on days with excessive traffic or if there was an accident (which happened often), my commute could be between 3 to 4 hours. So its really just not a place for people who struggle with patience with that sort of thing. And Id be forever stressed about what time Id need to leave for work to make it on time, knowing theres no way Id know for sure because of the human factor. America greatly needs better public transportation. Would commuting to DC from Fredericksburg be doable if Would having the CompTIA trifecta and two years desktop Would this large litter box with a grate be suitable for Would having the better debt to income and an extra 500 a What do your partners family do that they think is normal What was the dumbest rule your school thought up? Thats just over 33 minutes. (But the solution is to drive off peak because there isnt really a public transit option thats any faster than driving during rush hour.). Ultimately I think the question for you is not whats normal for your region, but what feels doable and sustainable for you in the long-term. The trains are fine. I worked flex hours, but still my commute averaged 90 minutesone time it was 11 hours to get home. Of course that means you have to pay Dublin rent prices. The other parent leaves a little later and drops off the kid, but works later. For me, that makes the commute worth it for now. Some days, I really do miss my 30 minute or less commutes, but Im not too keen on paying DC rents, so I stay where I am and take the option that keeps me off I-95 every day. It was a nightmare and I said I would NEVER do it again. Its like when youre filling up a container with liquid using a funnel if you pour too fast, itll overflow, even if there is still room in the container. Total travel time: 12 hours. I checked and the ride on the Blue Line from Long Beach to Downtown L.A. takes over an hour. Signed, People do take BART, but if you do youre going to deal with some VERY unpleasant things and get to work in a bad mood. A common saying here is to live where you work and thats exactly what I did. They just need to step up their game on safety. My current commute is about an hour but most of it is by train. When I was really tired, even audiobooks and nuts couldnt keep me awake. Even if I could have found housing, NO WAY was I willing to move there. I think were being a bit unkind to the boyfriend here. I got stuck in palo alto on eastshore highway at 5pm once and spent an hour to go 5 mi. My rent is 2x the price now but my quality of life is infinitely better. A typical day is an hour each way and terrible days (rain, accidents, ungodly traffic) is between 1.5 and 2 hours each way. I actually have longer hours at my current job, but spend *less* time on work+commute. Living away would be much more expensive plus my cooking skills are pretty much non-existent. Living in San Francisco has skewed so much my sense of whats expensive that my first reaction to you saying this was Only $2000?!. I picked housing that was 15 miles away instead of the 30 miles away better areas that everyone else thought I should go to because I didnt want an hour commute so Ive been a little disappointed with the 45 minute days, honestly. If theres been a wreck, it could take me 45 minutes to an hour to get home. My dad had a 1.5 2 hour commute each way growing up (so, 25 years ago) in socal. Eventually I just gave in and didnt even bother leaving until after 9am and getting in around 9:45 and staying until almost 7pm. My commute is about 20-30 minutes, including a daycare dropoff. Jk :) But seriously, Im glad it worked out for you. Are you living with your boyfriend? Im sorry, OP. My husband works in construction so he has to go wherever the job site is, that varies from 10 minutes to 90 minutes, sometimes via the freeway and sometimes not. I live in Federal way and when I was doing my grad school research in SLU it would often take longer to get from Westlake and Thomas to I-5 (~7 blocks) then from Downtown Seattle to Fed (~25 miles). I would love to be able to sleep or do my makeup or whatever beyond stressing over the traffic! Agreed, Anonymoose. I have plenty of colleagues who do commute by car, and I literally have no idea how they have enough energy to put themselves through that daily. I live in a community that doesnt have a train or a commuter rail. He also started work at the crack of ass, so he was home not long after we got home from school (and we had a SAHM.) Ill take my smaller midwestern city (metro population of about 2.5 million) where I can get to work in less than 30 minutes and I dont need to sell a vital organ so that I can afford to buy a house or rent a decent apartment. This does not sound like a sustainable schedule. My biggest concern with many miles is what happens when your car is in the shop. Where I live a commute that takes an hour in a car at peak traffic takes about 20 minutes on a moped. I do have to do one day a week in a super big city, but fortunately I can flex when I get in and leave to avoid the worst of it. TBH I dont think Ive ever worked in the same location as him, actually. Never, ever again. The husband drove in to DC for work for six years on 66. I definitely think the key is less what does everyone in this area think is normal and more what am I willing to accept as part of my daily life. The traffic was two red stoplights. Check out Port of Los Angeles jobs international shipping companies might like your language skills. So yes, it is almost 2 hours to work and 2 hours back to home (friday afternoons are the worst!). Im surprised the US average is 26 minutes. Its short on the commuter rail which is really restrictive in terms of times. Its horrible LA drivers (sorry I said it), I constantly see accidents or almost accidents, its just stressful as hell. For me its an issue of cost. Used to be hell (25 km in 1.5h, yay for bridges and never ending roadwork, sometimes 2h-2h30 for the 1st snow, or 1st snow after a 2 week spring people tend to forget how to drive in winter conditions in the spring, crazyness) but I changed jobs 5 years ago for one 5 km away. Totally do-able (especially when I worked east of Sepulveda and took Laurel Canyon). Music is a different matter, because I wont lose the plot if my mind drifts away for a bit. The Bay Area is quickly approaching LA levels traffic wise- unless you are in an area with BART access. I go visit my guy up that way once a week now and I marvel that I did that commute 5 days a week for 5 years. And thats weird because the city is only 77 square miles. I know someone who used to bike from Venice to Union Station, then take light rail up to South Pasadena. on a good day 15 mins. Oh no! And if your commute cuts through Downtown LA? I do 1:15 to 1:30 one way three times a week, and most people I know think thats pretty horrible. Now I commute 10 miles in 15 minutes, each way. After that job, I had a commute of 1.5 hours each way and it was the main reason I quit. The San Francisco Bay area is similar, even with having many more public transport options. OP has to decide if the weather and the job is worth the trade-off of time. Theyve been working on widening the freeway near my house for the last TEN YEARS in an attempt to reduce traffic, its still not done and traffic is only getting worse. Biking isnt doable in every city unfortunately I live in Tampa and am 10 miles from work, which, depending on traffic, can take 20-50 minutes. Any longer and I would start to really resent it cutting into my free time so much. Easy Apply. Id love to know more about working/living there. Never. WAZE can take you on this back roads, and I agree, sometimes it does help to not go crazy from just sitting on a freeway, but it can be an adventure! Yes some people accept it and do it. Your odds of staying safe on the road are probably not as good as youre assuming. That was one train ride with a walk on both ends. Although for what its worth, Im a CA native whos lived in both SF and LA (and is now a London resident another city for crazy commutes!) 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