I personally hit a wall at 41 minutes of in-car travel time for a daily commute. I've timed it. Every second after that feels like a whole level of abnormal waiting, a kind of cold torture or injustice that you must wade through to to your destination. It's not a healthy headspace at all. I've naturally sought out shorter commutes after this revelation, and yeah, the 30 minute estimate seems right.
This is totally bullshit, the Starbucks CEO hardly minds his 2-3ish hr commute from CA to Seattle by private jet.
If the poors weren't so stupid and lazy they'd buy jets for a more comfortable commute too. /s
This is objectively false in NYC.
Marchetti never went to NYC.
I was thinking that it sounded about right, until I read beyond the headline:
Its value is approximately one hour, or half an hour for a one-way trip.
WHAT. I thought he meant one hour each way!
Are there any cities where that is the norm??? I've had sub-30 commutes in my life, and it felt like the height of luxury.
I had a 1.5 hour (one way) commute for a while, and I was burned the fuck out after a year of that. It takes a toll on your health.
This is my current hell. When I started it was 3x/week so it wasn't too bad, but now it's 4, and there's a "rumor" that it's gonna go back to full time in at some point. Thanks for the motivation to get my next certification as fast as possible I guess, because I'm already working on exit strategies.
Marchetti was from Italy. That explains it.
Or LA
Or San Francisco. My longest commute was 3.5 hours each way. Average over 15 years there was 90 minutes.
Same in Montréal, it's a fucking island and everyone lives outside of it, there's not so many bridges so it's 1h each way or more.
holyshitwhatthefuck?
The longest days are like tacking on a whole 'nother day.
Yeah, it sucked, but the pay was great, and I really wanted to work for the company.
I was thinking about it and I know of some electricians who happily commute three hours no traffic to certain jobsites to work 5 10's and pocket the per diem
Sounds legit, I turned down multiple higher roles in my last company after doing a test commute to the more remote office. It was consistently 90-120 minutes each way. That would end up with me be away at work for 12-13 hours each day for 8 hours of paid work.
Had a similar experience. Job wanted me but I'm not spending 2 hours commuting.
This was before remote work was a common thing.
I spent the first 10 years of my working life in commuting traffic hell, where a 26km drive took 2 hours in a superdense megacity. I bought a condo 1km away from work when I could finally afford it. WFH, which I have been doing the past 8 years or so has done wonders for my sanity. And even then, I’m now in a place where an 18 mile drive to the office takes 30 mins in regular traffic.
I don’t think people who made this law ever lived in Toronto. I used to do a 90 minute commute each way, 2 hours easy during afternoon rush.
Luckily I now do 2 days in the office but I have a drive commute of around 90 mins each way and maybe 75 mins in school holidays. For around 9 months without a cat I was taking the tram and train with a walk either end which took around 120-150 mins each way
I could not tolerate that full time but I’ve no doubt many people do.
If my commute isn’t a 30 second walk to my home office I won’t take the job.
Back in the 90’s and 2000’s my commute ranged between 30-60 minutes by car one way to a combination of 15 minutes driving and 30-45 minutes on a subway.
Since shortly before the pandemic my commute has been up a flight of stairs to our guest bedroom that’s now my office.
I’m never going back.
I hounded my boss for a year when COVID hit to make it permanent. Worth every bit of annoying him.
I met a lawyer working in Boston & living in the burbs a number of years ago. When Covid hit he worked from home for over a year. His job was one that could easily be remote, but like so many others, his boss eventually wanted him back in the office. His boss did admit that continuing to work remotely would have been an option if he lived further away.
He & his girlfriend moved to Vermont, and he still has that job.
100% Fake, this is not My or half or My city (Santiago CL) reality, 1h is not that long.
I switched jobs in part because 35 minutes each way was too long. New job is 12 minute drive and I am eying jobs that are a 5 minute walk.
Pretty sure the unstated requirement is Given a choice, ...
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