25 min one way is below average:
Census Bureau Estimates Show Average One-Way Travel Time to Work Rises.
Maybe so. That just means 75% of people have a hellish commute.
Iām at 32 minutes each way. It blows.
Anyone spending 6.25% of their waking hours commuting to a shitty office is still too much.
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Iāve worked with people who drove 2 hours each way. I always suspected they hated their home life and their car is their sanctuary.
Some of our offshore workers in Chennai spent 3+ hours in traffic each way. To go like 40 miles lol
Iām with you guys. That amount of commute really, really sucks, especially for me. But apparently, most people tolerate it.
Apparently in Europe, average is 38 min. So weāve got it pretty good. Supposedly.
Looking into it a bit further, apparently average commute time is one thing that USA might actually be #1 at (or close).
No sane person would willfully choose that unless itās their only option. It probably doesnāt help that I drive a shitty 2009 Honda Civic with barely working AC lol. I just donāt drive enough to justify a car payment.
I assume they werenāt driving themselves. Were they?
But is a higher fraction of that public transportation?
Aka, working from home
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Are you driving clear highways just focused on listening to music/podcasts or are you bumper to bumper with assholes?
Edit: I just seen the editā¦ Relaxing is better.
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Seriously, Iām chuckling at people who think 20 minutes is a long commute.
I didnāt think I minded commuting until I started working from home and having meaningful time with my kids before and after school.
This for sure. Im able to add a workout into my day as well and not feel like total shit
My commute before Covid was 2 - 2 1/2 hrs each way. I aināt going back to that.
Iām sure it is, but commute is commute as far as Iām concerned. It all sucks no matter who is doing the driving.
Holy shit. Thatās nuts. 5 days a week?
Strong disagree here. Iād much rather take a subway than be on a congested highway.
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It used to take me 25 minutes to make it 3 miles of backstreets through Cambridge to the highway, and then I only had another 67 miles to home. Working from home full time is a dream.
Yeah, long commutes by public transportation arenāt terrible. Sleep, read, maybe do some email, surf the interwebs, etc. For years I had a 1+ hour commute each way but never got fed up with it because 40-45 mins of it was sitting on a train and the rest was a short walk. I would never drive 1+ hour.
Nearly every morning I would zonk out for 25-30 mins. It refreshed me for the day in a way that 25-30 mins extra sleep never does.
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I agree that part of my opinion comes from my personal idiosyncrasies. Nevertheless, in my car, Iām in a perfectly climate-controlled environment, in a comfortable seat, and I can listen to whatever I want. Itās not hard to imagine a subway commute less pleasant than that. The downside is I have to pay attention to drive. I donāt think there is a clear winner, but maybe thatās just me.