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We have one mega commuter at our office who seems perfectly content with the travel and he has been doing it for as long as I have been here (so at least four y
by cdubzzz 10y ago
We have one mega commuter at our office who seems perfectly content with the travel and he has been doing it for as long as I have been here (so at least four years). He has a 20 min. drive from his home in WV to the train station and then a 2+ hour train ride in to the city. Yesterday on the way home, there was an accident ahead of his train and it took him _five hours_ to get home.
I really can't comprehend it. I recently went from a 25-30 minute commute to a 45-60 minute one and I'm already regretting it a little because I just feel much more tired when I get home.
- castratikron 10y agoA train ride is easier on you than a drive in traffic. He probably naps on the ride home.
- cdubzzz 10y agoIn the same way that commute preferences are different for my colleague and me, they are different for everyone. My commute is also by train (metro) and I find the additional time that I have tacked on to be surprisingly draining. My previous, shorter, commute required a line change so I was only on each train for about 5-10 minutes. My new commute is all on one line for at least 30 minutes (and more often 45+). So I have more than tripled my time on the train, and I think it is precisely this that makes me get to the end of the commute feeling so much more tired.
- ethanbond 10y agoBut that wasn't really the comparison. The comparison is train versus driving a car, and I'd agree with GP – car commutes are a million times worse. I'm sure not everyone agrees with this, but your comment doesn't even address it.
- rayiner 10y agoThere are trains and there are trains. When I commuted from Baltimore to D.C., the 15 minutes I spent on the Red and Orange to get from Union Station to my office was much more draining than the 45 minutes on the Amtrak from Baltimore to D.C.
- superuser2 10y agoPersonally, quiet train with comfortable seat > driving > nearly everything else > standing on a loud, packed train.
- HeyLaughingBoy 10y agoIt is: I have a similar 15-20 minute drive to the bus and then a 30 minute express bus ride into the city. It's much faster and less stress than driving, but the total amount of time I spend travelling still gets to me.
- JadeNB 10y ago> He has a 20 min. drive from his home in WV to the train station and then a 2+ hour train ride in to the city. A train commute is not the same as a car commute (as castratikron (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12865204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12865204) also notes). I have a two hours' walk to work, and I love it; it is calming. Half that time in a car would have me a frothing mess of rage (I say with authority, having briefly had a 90-minute commute a while back).
- johnm1019 10y agoI love walking and would do it more often, but how have you kept up the health of your knees? If I walk (like walking from A > B in one go) more than about 2 hours a day by the 3rd or 4th day my knees start to feel it.
- JadeNB 10y ago> I love walking and would do it more often, but how have you kept up the health of your knees? If I walk (like walking from A > B in one go) more than about 2 hours a day by the 3rd or 4th day my knees start to feel it. I dunno. I used to spend time on a treadmill, too, and that really killed my knees, so it's not just some super strong joints. I think you just get used to it; I started when I was 20 (though I've scaled it up over time), and that probably helps.
- AdamN 10y agoYou walk four hours each workday? Why not bike?
- JadeNB 10y ago2 hours (my wife works in the same place, and I usually ride home with her). I don't like biking as much as I like walking.