[C19fan]

I thank the good Lord everyday I been in Richmond, VA for the past few years after enduring the commuting in various parts of CA. I grew up in the NYC metro area but would dread being sardined inside a steel tube 5 days a week.

[hsmomx3]

When I lived in Staten Island in the ‘80’s, my commute was 5 hours to/from Manhattan. The work week at Citicorp was 37 1/2 hours.

[Da Coyote]

How folks live there and retain their sanity beats me.

I respect their fortitude.

Then again, it is a hotbed of liberals, thereby negating a large amount of any respect due.

[b4its2late]

Another reason NOT to live there, as if I needed another one....

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

It’s a little hard to give a crap about New Yorkers.

[blueunicorn6]

Yeah, but with de Blasio, they now have the entertainment of getting mugged.

[econjack]

Holy cow! Why would anyone spend that much time getting to...wait a minute. It couldn’t be because those people make some of the highest incomes in the world, could it? Idiot. For the most part, people make rational economic decisions so they put up with it because the cost/benefit analysis, no matter at what level, comes up in favor of working there.

[CodeJockey]

Amazing... So the longest avg commute time in the US is around 35 minutes each way (6 hrs week). I drive 30 minutes each way. Little did I know I have close to the highest commute time in the country. I figured LA or Atlanta might have a few hours each way.

btw, I love the 30 minute drive. I like to think.

[Salgak]

I live in outer DC-Metro, and spend 3-3 1/2 hours in commute per day: some days have been 5 hours. . .

[rfreedom4u]

I work in Houston and I spend a minimum of seven and a half hours in traffic going to and from work. But that is coming to an end within two years. Full retirement!!!

[MasterGunner01]

Cry me a river. Boo hoo, boo hoo, sob, sob. Would you like a cupcake with your whine?

[TBP]

City residents or those of Greater New York? A LOT of people communte in from teh suburbs on Metro North, the Long Island Railroad, or NJT.

[minnesota_bound]

My first job was at the family business in Minnesota and I had moved 2 doors down from it. My next job in California I had to drive 1.5 miles and start at 9pm so no traffic.

My next after that was 40 miles and I started at 6am so traffic was light and it took 30 mins to get there.
The current job is just 17 miles away but it takes me about 45 minutes due to traffic as I start at 8am along with 500,000 others in the area.

I want to work from home but the boss says no.....

[a fool in paradise]

6 hours commute time per week.

That’s 3 hours each way.

Divided 180mins/5 days = 36 minute commute to work (and 36 minutes to get home) each day.

That’s hardly the longest commute time in America.