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How long is your commute home?

11 years ago

Did you pick your home based on the proximity to your job? Did you sacrifice a long commute for a little more room in the suburbs?

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Spa Creek Residence · More Info


Comments (29)

  • 11 years ago
    A 25 mile, 1 hour on a good day, commute from the burbs to downtown. We got way more house for the money, with all the modern updates. Less environment, traffic, noise here too.
  • 11 years ago

    Two minutes, four if there are lots of tourists in town (Key West, Florida).

  • 11 years ago
    12 minutes from home to work by car. Bus at corner takes about 20-25 minutes and delivers us to the corner of our work site street. We live in the City.
  • 11 years ago

    I HAD a five minute, two mile drive until last October. Now, thirty-three miles and one hour, one way. Moved closer to hubby's job because they're relocating and he'd have had an hour and a half one way if we'd stayed where we were. A bittersweet move for me though. I left a beautiful home I built for one I'm still trying to come to terms with. But I'll get there. It would sure make that drive a lot easier for me if I loved the house though.


  • 11 years ago

    15 Minutes!!! Love it!!

  • 11 years ago

    about 20 minutes

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    I drive 40 minutes one way Monday through Friday in order to have a home that I can call mine. I love it and would not do anything differently.

  • 11 years ago

    When I was working, mine was five minutes by taxi or 15 minutes walking. Then my employer announced a move that would require an hour's commute time. I retired early to avoid it.

  • 11 years ago
    Walking distance. Priceless!
  • 11 years ago

    The shortest commute possible--both my husband and I work most of the time from home!

  • 11 years ago

    I work from home. Zero minutes. :)


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    15 minutes by car, 35 minutes by bicycle. Annoyingly, our sleepy small city has developed enough traffic that b/w 1630 to 1800 it's about the same time either by bicycle or car.

  • 11 years ago

    Mine is either an hour by car or 20 minutes on the train. Guess which way is my favorite. :)

  • 11 years ago

    work from home, so zero. Mr. Sacapuntas does 1.5 hours each way

  • 11 years ago

    45 minute drive on average - using the toll road. MUCH MUCH longer if I take another route since all other routes are stop and go with a light at every crossroad.

    I attempted to locate a home that would improve my commute, but in the end settled for one that takes the same length of time although it is a longer commute so I'm paying more on gas as well as the toll. Unfortunately my budget for buying a home simply didn't go far in the Washington DC metro area. My choices were a nice foreclosed condo in a nice neighborhood with the commute I have, or some pretty scary foreclosures with a LOT of damage in some very bad neighborhoods that were much further away and would have doubled or tripled my commute time.


  • 11 years ago
    Bunny slippers and coffee in hand, a few stairs and "poof" work. For shows we travel all over. One of the kids is in Uzbekistan this week on a lease.
  • 11 years ago
    30-40 minutes by public transit. I use that time to read on bus and metro.
  • 11 years ago
    10 miles / 15 to 20 minutes by car in the morning (add 10 minutes for the stop at Starbucks on the way to work :)). Evening 20 to 25 minutes (for some reason, more traffic after work).

    Traffic is miserable here in So Cal and home prices are high. I have friends and coworkers who drive 1 to 1 1/2 hrs each way to have a large newish house they can afford. I can't handle long commute, so lived in rental apartments for many years until I could afford a decent sized (not huge) fixer upper home within short commute to work.
  • 11 years ago
    30 second walk across house, I work from home.
  • 11 years ago

    I work from home and love not having to commute!

  • 11 years ago

    One hour from Austin TX. Totally worth the drive.

  • 11 years ago
    Zero if I work from home, ten mins to office
  • PRO
    11 years ago

    We opened our business 25 years ago just 6 minutes from our home. We are so glad we did, sometimes we walk with out dog to the office.

  • 11 years ago
    Hubby goes 15 miles. I am for the most part, early retired, so no commute.
    The neighborhood is gated, has walking trails for miles in the forest.better for us than downtown
  • 11 years ago

    My commute is generally at least 1 hour where ever I go. I have a home office but am out in the field about 50% of the time. Some days I want to move closer to the city as the commute gets really old- but then I arrive home to our 7.5 very private acres and say "NO- not ever living in the darn suburbs again"!


  • 11 years ago

    <1 hour drive each way. To live close to work, I'd have to spend 400k on a condo. No thanks.

    Working 4-10 hour days from noon to 10, I see nearly no traffic & come home to my little 100 yo bungalow on 1/2 acre with no HOA. Walking dinstance to our little downtown area. I love having Thu Fri & Sat off & don't start until Noon on Sunday.

    I'm happy! :0)

  • PRO
    11 years ago

    Nine feet.


  • 11 years ago

    We drive 7 minutes to work.