Commute Times: How Far is Too Far?

[rod]

I had a guy on my route who drove 2 and a half hours to Minneapolis every day to work— I thought that was a little excessive.

 

[KearsargeCoop]

I had a guy on my route who drove 2 and a half hours to Minneapolis every day to work— I thought that was a little excessive.

Musta had some good side booty on his city route

 

[DriverNerd]

I had a guy on my route who drove 2 and a half hours to Minneapolis every day to work— I thought that was a little excessive.

We had a driver go from Rochester to the Cities every day for 25 years. Not anywhere close to 2.5 hours, but I don't know how he didn't go crazy. Especially on snow days.

 

[oldngray]

Up to half an hour or so should be OK but the problem with that is the travel time can double or triple in bad weather or road construction.

 

[OhShoot]

Around 45 minutes give or take

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Around 45 minutes give or take

WDFD

 

[BrownFlush]

When I worked a hundred years ago, start time was 9. Alarm set @820, shower, eat, brown up, drive 10 minutes, clock in 859.
I remember guys being there like an hour, hour half before start time, drinking coffee, smoking cigs. I never did understand that mentality. I enjoyed the challenge of being there @859. I wanted to retire with the least amount of time at that building. I won.
(My first kid, his first two words he put together was, Heeeeeeeeere's Johnny!)

 

[oldngray]

When I worked a hundred years ago, start time was 9. Alarm set @820, shower, eat, brown up, drive 10 minutes, clock in 859.
I remember guys being there like an hour, hour half before start time, drinking coffee, smoking cigs. I never did understand that mentality. I enjoyed the challenge of being there @859. I wanted to retire with the least amount of time at that building. I won.
(My first kid, his first two words he put together was, Heeeeeeeeere's Johnny!)

I knew a driver that lived almost an hour away and never showed up more than a couple of minutes early. Even if he routinely had to drive 80 mph to make it in time.

 

[I have NOT been lurking]

How far is too far to drive to work everyday?

 

[BrownFlush]

I knew a driver that lived almost an hour away and never showed up more than a couple of minutes early. Even if he routinely had to drive 80 mph to make it in time.

Getting there with no time to spare was a challenge everyday even though I lived close to the center. The further away, the tougher the challenge.

 

[OhShoot]

WDFD

Don't you have some nonsense to be posting in corner bar MYODB

 

[JL 0513]

I knew a driver that lived almost an hour away and never showed up more than a couple of minutes early. Even if he routinely had to drive 80 mph to make it in time.

80 mph is normal flow of traffic.

 

[DOK]

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