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How long is your commute?

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    msgiraffe    May 2011   Chicago

    I started a new job today and it made me curious about how long everbody commutes. I live in the subrubs of Chicago so around here its really really common for people to drive at least an hour to work each day. (my drive would be 40 min, but its 60-90 min with traffic)

    How long does it take you to get to work?

     
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    jgoulart    May 2, 2010   Harrisonburg, VA

    It takes me literally seven minutes to get to work. WITH TRAFFIC.

     

    My fiance works two and a half hours away. That's on a good day. He gets up at 3 am for work!! I'm NOT happy to start married life like that!

     
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    babyboo      

    10 minutes, 15 in heavy traffic :)

     
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    vitula    December 31, 2015   Brooklyn, NY

    I take public transit so it varies a lot!  Anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half.

     
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    lace    June 26, 2010   Orange County, CA

    currently 15-20 minutes on surface streets, but once I get married 45 minutes if there's no traffic. :\

     
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    AlmostMrsG    September 25, 2010   Rhode Island

    I'm about 30-45 minutes, 60 if there's serious traffic.  20 miles.

     
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    Magnolialove    June   Cleveland, OH

    LA...

    40 min before six am on the way there

    80 min before four pm on the way home

    ...looking forward to moving closer to work

     
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    rachel077    October 16, 2010  

    I'm pretty lucky, for living in LA....its about 15 min in the morning, and 20-30 at night.

     
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    kericita    May 12, 2012   Dallas, TX

    it's 7 miles.  Which is a completely unpredictable amount of time in Dallas!  It's been as short as 10 minutes to as long as an hour.  I guess average is 30 mins.

     
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    Ms. Caniche    September 18, 2010   Orange County, CA

    I live literally 5 minutes from work.  My office is located off the same major street as my home.  I could not do a big commute... I am not a morning person.

     
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    Helstrong    April 9, 2011   Overland Park, KS

    less than five minutes :)

    Work is 1.87 miles from home. Straight shot.

     
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    Magenta    July 31, 2010   Springfield MA- Wedding in PR

    we both work at the same school and our commute is only 5-7 minutes. we can even go walking. the distance is less than a mile. we are lucky. 

     
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    amariem25    October 2009  

    A 10 minute walk!  I'm lucky!  In the summer it's a 5 minute bike ride!

     
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    lilyfaith    June 23, 2012   Lakeview, Chicago

    I live in Lakeview and actually work in Elgin. So it's 45 minutes on a good day, 1 1/2 hours on a nasty day. 

    (I don't commute every day, though, because I go to school here.) 

     
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    SapphireSun    July 9, 2010   Vancouver, BC

    My office is 17km (10 miles) from my house.  It takes anywhere between 25 and 50 minutes on a regular basis.  There's been quite a few days where it pushed an hour and a half, and a few where it took 2 hours due to snow.

     
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    mallorynjmf       Louisville, KY wedding in Vero Beach,FL

    I work downtown and it takes at LEAST 30minutes but the time I have to be at work is right when traffic is horrible most of the time it takes 45-50 minutes!!

     
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    msgiraffe    May 2011   Chicago

    I can't believe how many of you guys have just a 5-10 min commute! That's awesome; I'm totally jealous ;-).

     
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    bestbuddies    June 6, 2010   Chicago, Illinois

    i wish i could walk to work! that would be so awesome! :D
    about 20-30mintues....depending for me

     
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    sloth    May 14, 2011   Philadelphia, PA

    I walk to work, it takes about 10 minutes.

     
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    noritake22    March 31, 2011   Seattle

    I am really lucky. My commute is less than a minute. I work from home :-)

     
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    SLS79    September 2010  

    I'm in the Chicago burbs too.  It's about 45 mins for me, 18 miles or so.

     
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    MsBrooklynA       Midwest

    It depends on which job i'm going to.

    To one job it takes me about 35 min. To my other job it takes an hour.

     
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    bloodgo1    May 14, 2010   Royal Oak

    well when i start subbing in the fall i'm hoping the schools won't be more than 40 min tops away...

     
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    toothfairyb    September 4, 2010   Vancouver, BC

    10 minutes! Love it!

     
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    VintageDivine    August 11, 2012   Portland, OR

    I live in a completely different state than I work in, and get to take the Interstate bridge twice a day.  Urrrrgggghhhh....

    Mornings are about 30 minutes, and the drive home is a crapshoot.  It can be 25 minutes if I leave EXACTLY at 5:00, or an hour if I leave at 5:04.  Then there's the construction...

    Lately I've been going to the gym before heading home so I don't sit in traffic.

     
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    ccranetobe    August 14, 2010  

    20 minutes and its 18kms(10 miles) with traffic anywhere in my city takes usually 12 minutes to get from one side to the other. I travel out of the city for work, so its a bit longer than the rest. But if you call someone and say meet you in town in 20 minutes, its doable :)

     
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    JoJo Bananas    August 21, 2010   Santa Cruz, CA

    30-45 minutes.  I have also had to miss work during heavy rains because of road closures and accidents.

     
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    Sulli301    June 26, 2010   Michigan

    I don't work right now as most of you know :)

    and my fiance' drives about 15-20 which is what I was driving a month or so back as well ;)

     
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    MindyLeigh    August 28, 2010   Boston, MA

    I chose to live in the city specifically so I could walk to work because I HATE commutes!  I now have a 15 minute walk.  It's more expensive to live in the city, but I sold my car.  So that saves a ton of money each month (which goes toward housing...).

     
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    NYC.BOS.CHI    August 28, 2010   Massachusetts

    It takes me 45 minutes (Evanston to the Loop) on the metra and I love it! I used to drive 30 minutes to work at my last job, but taking the train is well worth the extra 15 minutes.

     

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