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Hardly a waste of time unless you're driving your own car. Else, you read a book, etc.

• sammoorhouse 9y ago
  “Hardly” is a bit strong; other people might have opinions which are different from yours. For example: I’d hate to be stuck in a train carriage for two hours, packed in with people I don’t know, maybe Underground with no internet, all because my job requires me to be in a certain place at a certain time. That’s two hours I could have spent sleeping; with a loved one; sleeping with a loved one... you get the idea.
• pbourke 9y ago
  When you have a long commute, even by transit, it tends to crowd out other activities that you might want to partake in. I'm not talking about a 30 minute trip, but rather 2+ hours each way. It's life altering.
• sotojuan 9y ago
  > Hardly a waste of time unless you're driving your own car. So, like most Americans and thus most of people reading and commenting on HN? Also, while a train commute is way better than a car commute, being home is better than both. I read during my 40 mins subway commute and I would never want to be driving instead but I'd prefer to be reading at home for that time.
  • btrettel 9y ago
    > while a train commute is way better than a car commute, being home is better than both I personally agree, but having taken commuter rail for several months a few years ago, I noticed that quite a few people with longer commutes (~1 hour each way) seemed to really enjoy their (evening) train commute, treating it basically like a social hour at a bar. They frequently had beer. (Never saw anything like this in the morning.) I didn't know enough people on the train to get into that, but I can see the appeal.
    • jononor 9y ago
      Thats a nice lifehack, making commute home into an afterwork pub session.