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I have a 3 hour commute (by express bus with comfy seats, etc.). Honestly, I just use the commute time as "me time", not too different from hanging out at home.
by cm2012 11y ago
I have a 3 hour commute (by express bus with comfy seats, etc.). Honestly, I just use the commute time as "me time", not too different from hanging out at home.
The long commute lets me be close to my parents, in a neighborhood my wife likes, $1100 rent for a 2 bedroom in NYC, etc.
- ascagnel_ 11y agoWhere the heck do you live that you can get a 2BR in the NY metro area for $1100? Even the scuzziest areas start at $800-900 for a 1BR.
- dyeje 11y agoWell, he is 3 hours out. There are alot of cheaper areas in that big of a radius.
- AznHisoka 11y agoNot Manhattan (at least not anywhere above Chinatown and below Harlem). Plenty of places in queens and Brooklyn if you search the right places.
- nogrammer 11y agoThere are plenty of places in CT where you can get a decent 2BR for $1100, be walking distance from a Metro North station, and have less than a 2 hr commute.
- infinite8s 11y agoThe Far Rockaways and Staten Island are technically part of NYC.
- cm2012 11y agoNYC is a big place. I live in Glen Oaks, near the border of Nassau county.
- Spooky23 11y ago3 hours is Albany. I pay about $800/mo for a 4b/3ba house there. When I used to be on the Amtrak a lot there was a fair number of folks doing that commute, mostly lawyers and construction guys. 90 minutes is Rhinebeck/Poughkeepsie. Plenty of country and suburbia places for $1100.
- krisdol 11y agoAgreed, when I'm on the train its just not as bad as driving, even when it takes longer.
- delazeur 11y agoI am in a similar situation and it's usually just fine, but it becomes difficult on days when I would be better off sacrificing that "me time" to do something else (chores, errands, family obligations, etc.). When that happens, the only thing I can cut back on to meet those obligations is sleep.
- cm2012 11y agoYes, that is what happens. Especially on days with bad traffic.