I don't blame you, that's a really long drive to do twice a day, any way you slice it. I was trying to come up with analogous commutes in other areas, but even

I don't blame you, that's a really long drive to do twice a day, any way you slice it. I was trying to come up with analogous commutes in other areas, but even Everett to Seattle is "only" 34 miles. I wouldn't recommend a >40mi car commute in any populated area, frankly. If you're not coming from a busy area or going to a busy area, you're at least traversing a busy area, and in this case you're talking about all 3. I'm not sure what you're expecting out of that kind of distance. Even at 2am you're probably talking at least 45 minutes by the time you get out of the city and get off the freeway into your destination. When I think "bad traffic", I think of low average speeds, not just long commutes with a few bottlenecks.