Isnt the only person to answer this you? I live about 12-13 miles from where I work. Silly question: why not bike or even walk instead? Theres been a lot of research showing that travel times tend to go up exponentially with traffic volume, and that human drivers use roads very inefficiently. By 630AM, the 28-year-old project engineer is out the door of his Bishan flat and in his car, on his way to work. Im Bay Area and peninsula to city (or peninsula to SJC) is easily 1o miles and 90 minutes. Just try me.). Reearch isnt reality. 2 on bad days. Im lucky that the apartment my husband and I moved into 12 years ago, before we had kids, has only had one rent increase in all that time. I said above how I am not sure we do trains that well in this country!! If there was a better transit system in my area, I would be okay with a long commute, but Im from Seattle. We live 35 miles south of he district. Also agree that driving would make it much less bearable. Intellectually, I know that the whole homeownership is the American Dream and renting is just throwing money away thing is so much BS, but theres a part of me that cant quite shake the feeling that Im getting too old to be dealing with landlords and annoying downstairs neighbors. Normal can die in a fire. And Id be forever stressed about what time Id need to leave for work to make it on time, knowing theres no way Id know for sure because of the human factor. *scratching LA off the list of cities I could move to*. She thought she was lucky because she only worked 4 days a week. 91 to 605 to 7th st. Insanity. The other day I had to leave at 4 p.m. to take my cat to the vet at (6:30 p.m.!) The traffic-related info and anecdotes in this thread make me wonder why any sane human would ever want to live there. My previous job was 45 minutes away still not bad, is it? Also parking is my huge thing when picking a place to live. A police officer happened to be going by them in the turn lane, and they got pulled over since the guys foot kept slipping off the brakes and almost hit the car ahead of him. Now luckily I have flexibility, otherwise theres no way I could make this work. I also time out errands and appointments to miss rush hour traffic. Mr. Town used to live in Atlanta and would like to move back (family), but now, having gotten used to our level of traffic and commute, it is going to take a lot for us to actually get back there. Im work in Milwaukee and live in the suburbs. That was enough for us. I was living at home with my parents saving up and my 30K starting salary was not nearly enough for an apartment on my own. My last contract was about 40 miles away from my domicile and I drove. It was because traffic had gotten that much worse. That doesnt have to mean a new car, it can mean things like a nice sound-system, snacks and sunglasses in the seat pocket, nice-smelling stuff if thats what you go for. Seriously. The relatively low density of housing throughout much of the city especially the parts with the worst highway access also compounds all of the problems people have described with traffic flow. Ive seen absolutely nothing since the dash cam was installed. I had an hour long commute by car not long ago and I found that audiobooks made the journey so much more enjoyable. But LA is just so sprawling, and laid out in such an anarchic fasion, I cant imagine a transit system that could resolve these issues (at least in our profit-driven society). When I lived in LA, I made a point of living as close to work as possible, because I knew the commute times were terrible. Honestly . Or if you live in suburbs with poor public transit and no BART access (or cant afford BART over bus fare). This is your "gross margin" time or "pre-time-tax margin." If I moved to the mountains, barring a resort town I found find the same Im sure. Two hours in traffic would be more than I could bear. Good grief! I started shooting out my resume last week and immediately hooked a few fish, so Im a lot less worried now. As someone who moved from sunny Florida to the Midwest, I definitely had conversations with my Midwest-raised then-boyfriend that ran along the lines of this amount of snow is very common and people do learn to drive relatively safely in it. When you move somewhere very different, knowing the local norms helps you know what you might be able to get used to, and what people might expect of you if you dont remind them that youre new and your norms are different. On days where I have to drive through morning commute traffic to get to appointments and such, it makes me CRAZY. Yes 30 miles is too far for a daily cycle commute. It was part of the reason I ended up quitting that job. Because I guarantee you that 30 min is not an average commute for 30 miles ANYWHERE in LA at rush hour. It beats everything but the three years I worked from home. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. He works off-hours (starts at 6 am and leaves at 3 pm) so its not bad, but if he does hit traffic staying late it about 45 min-hour. However, only 10-15 minutes of that is by car. A friend did orange county to pasadena. However, on days with excessive traffic or if there was an accident (which happened often), my commute could be between 3 to 4 hours. That would make two hours not an impossibility, but certainly not typical. Hi OP! This is usually out of desperation or not grasping how the commute issues will effect you. In theory, you can have densely packed cars drive. Is it normal? I work in Pasadena, where you need to earn about 2.5x the living wage in order to get by. Is it 1 hr, 15 mins? My commute (in the suburbs in the northeast) is 45 minutes in the morning, 60-70 minutes in the evening. You have to move where the job is or its not feasible. Ive always thought it would be awesome to be able to walk to work! Exactly. Im a fan, since parking is now free, but if it were longer, Id be out. Im sure 2 hours is a totally normal travel time for the distance the OP is driving. Currently my commute is somewhere between 80-130 minutes each way depending on traffic, but its a temporary contract job (5 months) and I have an untaxed stipend for mileage/food/lodging. I guess my number 2 worst commute is anywhere east of DTLA to anywhere west of Los Feliz. :) It doesnt matter if its Anaheim to LB, Pasadena to Westwood, etc. Plus I saved so much money not driving and just listened to music and enjoyed my coffee. Some people have the stomach for long commutes and some dont. Good luck! My husband had a commute that often took an hour or more in the evenings. Ive only done a 2 hr commute when I had an end in sight (I was living at home during an internship to save money, and the second time I was looking for an apartment so I was again living at home). I feel bad for husband who has to do Kingston Bermondsey! She doesnt visit the coast much I see, lol. My aunt lives in Palos Verde. Yeah, I think I would hate it a bit less if it was a quiet, chill train ride. Distant suburbs are lower income than most of the city. Some of my coworkers commute in from the Inland Empire, some commute in from Long Beach. Commute time depends largely on when I leave: if I leave home at 6:30 am, it takes 30 minutes; if I leave at 7:30 am, it takes 45 minutes, and if I leave at 8:30, it takes an hour or more. (And I have a paid off house, while my California friends are still/forever renting). Regarding the latter, I suggest watching cgpgreys video on traffic. I grew up in the Inland Empire and for a while commuted to my job in South LA, ~40 miles. About 15 miles away and it always took more than an hour. For example, I live on the Westside. TBH I dont think Ive ever worked in the same location as him, actually. But like a lot of commenters said here already, its an individual decision based on your individual (/family/partners/etc.) my commute could be as short as 20 minutesat midnight when no one else was driving. Eventually I just gave in and didnt even bother leaving until after 9am and getting in around 9:45 and staying until almost 7pm. People often get priced out of the living areas close to work. I worked from home full time for 10 years in LA.you can live anywhere and choose any job and be 5 min or 2 hours from your job. I just want to point out that normal doesnt mean anything if youre suffering so much. by train: 1 hour with no transfers/switches I should have been tipped off by the fact that the HOV lanes run from 5 am to 7 pm both directions seven days a week. No regrets. It took over two hours both ways. Thats closer to 45 minutes 1 hour. Moving closer to his job would mean being farther away from mine. I couldnt imagine driving that much. I cant afford that because I dont make that much. We had to carpool (one care) and it was fine most of the time, but if something came up, the logistics got complicated. It would be impossible now. Im in content marketing and would love to work for a beauty company but I own a house in rural New England and the city lifes not for me. My work allows me to flex my hours around my commute so that I never have to deal with rush hour. I live in the Philly burbs and commute via public transit into Center City. If the traffic in LA in untenable for you, it isnt unreasonable to move to another city if that is a possibility for you. I would never take a job with a 2 hour commute unless it was short term. It did make it exciting when we got together with friends on the other side of town! On top of that, the metro doesnt extend that far outside of DC. Im 54 and not exactly tough-looking, but I used public transit regularly while living in downtown LA for seven years before moving out of the area last fall. Getting to work in the mornings was fine 45 minutes, unless it was raining (rare) or there was a bad accident that held up traffic (still pretty rare that time of morning). In case you do think about moving: The first worst commute is Valley to west side, the second is San Gabriel Valley to Culver City area, and the third worst is south LA/Garden Grove/LB to anywhere north of DTLA, regardless of whether youre going east or west of DTLA. Folks drive at the limit or (more often) 10-15 miles over limit when theres room to do so. Really test it. Yes! Im an Airbnb host. I wouldnt be able to do it but they make it work for them. Eventually, I found a gym near work, and would go there and get my workout in and wait for traffic to die down. This is normal, but its not sustainable. I live in Silicon Valley. ), I can move back. This thread is making me so grateful for my commute! It doesnt really matter what your boyfriend thinks is normal if thats simply unsustainable for you. For me its wasnt as much the stress of the physical driving (though that was notable) as much as the stress related to being completely uncertain as to the time involved. I am definitely looking for something closer and started shooting out my resume to 10 miles within LB, and got a few bites already. Since there are only so many routes, that is the main pinch point. It usually takes 45 minutes each way with me coming in and leaving early. Ive ridden the train about a dozen times from LB up to downtown around 5ish (to go to Staples center) and its always been fine. Also, as some mentioned below, many freeways go through sketchy areas and I would not feel comfortable exiting. Not normalonly normal for a small segment. For 8 miles Im usually looking at 30 minutes in the morning and 45 minutes in the evening. Then Id get rid of my car and take the bus everywhere. That sound horrible. In the end, I was only able to handle this for a year. I dont recommend it as a long term option. My company allows WFH as much as two days a week, which gives people flexibility and a better work/ life balance. For a couple of years I drove from the Hampshire coast to Bristol Monday morning, stayed in digs, drove home again on Friday evening. Im glad youre making a change! Like I tended to pay much more for housing than folks that lived further out. My morning commute could take anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours and thats all within suburban Maryland going in basically a straight line down the highway. For the right job, I once commuted 3 hours a day (round trip) and 150 miles a day. But what counts as the Bay Area is also constantly expanding to include farther flung cities in the Central Valley, North Bay, and South Bay. Then, the last half of our commute is on the (usually unclogged) toll road to south Orange County. I started biking to and from work because it took me 30 mins regardless of what trafficwas . This represents 3.6 percent of the national average annual salary, which is $40,690.". I lived in hollywood, worked in Brentwood. is not affordable at all. There are jobs worth moving, even in the same town, for. This 30-year-old commutes 4 hours and 140 miles for work in San Francisco every day. Decades ago, my family kept moving an hour in either direction each time my dad who worked one-year aerospace contracts got another job that was always in the opposite direction. DH & I live in the Midwest (i.e. I walk 1.5 miles to BART instead of taking the muni 4 blocks from my house. Even better, though, is riding my bike to workthen I dont have to go to the gym before or after. I took it just to go visit someone. At most I usually spend an hour total commuting every day and that alone annoys me sometimes. Distance in miles is not how the commute is measured in LA/OC, and a 2-hour commute could be entirely normal based on where you live. maddawwg2020 5 mo. Alternately, you could do the South Bay (San Pedro/Palos Verde/Torrence/Manhattan Beach). Id bitch about all It sounds like OP is out by Montebello Gardens or Monterey Park and driving through or into DTLA, Burbank, Pasadena or the west side. It also made us think twice about coming back to town to see friends, etc. This does not sound like a sustainable schedule. An excellent point! My husband has a couple co-workers who wanted to make their home-buying budget go further, so they bought homes and hour and a half from work, two or more hours on heavy days. I worked swing shift, which helped, but I also had a sports car, which I *loved* to drive! Can't be sustainable imo but his are you fairing. And I think the commute scene in the movie is hilariously semi-accurate. You can also take the 710, but it has more traffic and I personally dislike driving it even when its empty (of course when I lived in LB it was right off the 710.). About half of the route is alongside parks so there are no street corners to negotiate. While a two-hour commute is definitely not unheard of, I wouldnt call it NORMAL (I can only think of a small handful of friends and family living in the area who have that long of a commute). Actual experience trumps book learning every time. I lived in LA for almost 30 years, grew up there, learned to drive there. Any longer and I would start to really resent it cutting into my free time so much. ago He is planning to stay at his job for a while, so we are in the early stages of looking to move. Your commute is not going to change before this commute makes you lose your mind. In LA, theres options with long surface streets. The last time I was in Eastern Cali was going to Reno during Obamas first run and Prop 8Ive never wanted out of somewhere so bad and I was just passing through. Doh! (Part of it was also the half mile between my apartment and the station and then the half mile between the station and my office.). Thats below 15 mph the entire way. Obviously its possible. Interestingly enough, the only sketchy/uncomfortable experience Ive EVER had on LA Metro was on the Expo line late at night on the weekend. I got an apartment with a roommate 3 miles away from my office after that. I live in Southern California and my current commute is under 30 minutes. For more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com . 101 to the 5 is what takes the longest. I live six miles from my work, and it takes me fifty-five minutes by public transit (when its working on time, etc) and about an hour and fifteen by car. And a 12 hour workday leaves just 12 hours for yourself which is basically eat, shower sleep. Long Beach is SO much nicer. So, kind of like Alison suggestedyou have to weigh what makes you happiest and what youre willing to deal with. When I worked downtown, thats what I did, and while it didnt actually save me any time on my commute (it was probably actually longer), it did cut waaaaaaaay down on the stress for me. Having more/less freeway time, more/less surface street time, time of day youre coming and going, whether youre traveling with or against the bulk of traffic in the areas youre in makes a HUGE difference. Oh, OP, I feel for you. Currently my commute is about an hour each way, in ideal conditions. I cannot imagine having to actively drive for that entire time through jam-packed traffic! These factors are 100% personal preference and might seem nuts to someone else, but its something Ill have to do almost everyday so I might as well not hate it. No regrets. I couldnt handle mentally OR physically. Exactly. When I switched schedules to a 5am 1:30pm shift, my commute was a much more palatable 45 mins. Not when I was in my best shape ever (which was pretty darn good) and certainly not now. 3 Strategies for Surviving a Long Commute. I think its worse now. my employee doesnt want to come to work when it snows. A lot of people average that around here, just because they live outside Salt Lake and commute in, plus they all work *9-5*. I did that commute for 5 years from LB to WeHo and back. If it doesnt work or he says no, I think looking for another job or moving closer is the next step. But man, 2 hours.. nope. I have a friend, God bless her, who lived in Running Springs and worked in Woodland Hills. Oh I guess you mean if you have columns of LA vs NYC, not Pros and Cons.. Someone mentioned Santa Monica above you would be hard pressed to find a 1-bedroom apartment for under $2000 a month. I did figure out there were some things I could do to ease my commute: Yes it goes through those neighborhoods but I never once felt threatened or scared or anything. Normal rush hour traffic here is apparently about 45 minutes for 15 miles, but its easier to avoid the peak and I got into work in about 15 minutes today. Do you have any ability to move closer to work? I live in the Chicagoland area, although I dont work in the city. Id probably do better with it now (better car, with a/c that actually works right, more patience), but its been 15 years, and I still hate driving north on the 5 (I drive to Disneyland, my husband drives home. If there is a problem it gets worse (on all my possible routes). My husband and I ended up moving to a more central location in our city so that we could be close to our current jobs and also so that if we ever switched jobs, we wouldnt have to deal with an unpredictable commute like we did before. The area I grew up in, for reference, is one of the top five cities in the US for bad traffic. I think were being a bit unkind to the boyfriend here. I have heard good things about the Dresden Files on audiobook / James Marsters narrates them; I read them before my audiobook obsession began or Id probably have listened to them. Enjoy! People do work very hard to coordinate their living locations in a place that makes sense for their work locations here for sure. SO much better. A common saying here is to live where you work and thats exactly what I did. I know someone who used to bike from Venice to Union Station, then take light rail up to South Pasadena. I lived in Orange County a couple of decades ago, and your commute sounds like then-current reality. Is it possible to break into the beauty industry as a remote worker, ie not living in NYC or LA? Its a reality and unsustainable. It is definitely helping me tackle my to-read pile of books! The time, the increased risk of harm, the wear and tear on your car and nerves. I moved to the city, and it went down to 15 minutes. And again psychologically we love our cars and the freedom to move about on our own schedule so even if they spend the money to improve the public transport system (there is a big push in that direction to add more lines to the Metrolink train system), the people who have the privilege to choose, arent inclined to choose public transportation. It is easier going north and south than east and west here, and it is the traffic that is what is the stressful part. You might still be spending 2 hours but at least you can read or play a game or something. In LA only 3% travel more than 90 minutes. I just declined to go further with a job because they required butts in seats 5 days/week and even with flexible hours (which I wasnt sure they had), the commute would be 45-60 minutes of stop and go stress. While youre driving here, its still similar to NYC in that its all about the minutes it takes, not the miles. I moved out of state and ended up driving anywhere from 35 90 minutes one way to work, depending on traffic, what time I left, and if there was a fender bender on the one highway I could feasibly take to my job. Leaving a little earlier might be worth it if you find that it allows you to relax more on the road, even if it does increase the overall time. This is so bad for the environment it makes me want to cry. Even same side of town can be 2 hours if it rains! It takes about 30 mins to go 30 miles to and from work. At rush hour, it can take 40 minutes or more, but I usually have the luxury of working from home in the morning and then going to the office. :(. I left home in the dark and got home in the dark, no matter what time of year it was. I live in NE LA and work in North Hollywood, which is about 17 miles and usually takes between 30-45 minutes. Later in the day, though, its another stories. I also had one experience of an urban fantasy / paranormal romance audiobook getting a little heated while I was in the bumper to bumper traffic and have mostly sworn off listening to those in the car now, heh. One hour might be okay if it was on the train, and I had a seat both ways, I could get lots of reading done and enjoy some TV shows and movies from Amazon and Netflix. Youre likely making some unwarranted assumptions on the basis oflets give you and everyone else the benefit of the doubt, and call it a combination of style and socioeconomics. I already to yoga at 6 am every day (or bootcamp or whatever the other 6 am class is) but I really need to get home by 8 the latest to eat dinner and sleep. I occasionally used to do a 60 mile return commute - that was way too much time out of the house - looking at 13 hours from leaving home to getting back. Our company used to be joined to an office in San Fran and some people there commuted AT LEAST 2 hours to work and back each day. Your boyfriend can move to you this time. I told myself my commute was just 3.5 hr of reading time that I normally wouldnt allow myself, so really, I was the lucky one (positivity and denial were really helpful too!) Was just going to post a question about ways to make the commute bearable. My first job after grad school was about 90 minutes on public transit, which was definitely very long and not ideal, but having done the same commute while interning there during school, I knew I could deal with it. Its weird that your boyfriends response is, everybodys doing it (we arent, I promise.). I am also a native Southern Californian, and while I wouldnt go so far as to say 2 hours is completely normal, it is not at *all* unusual. One of my coworkers lives in Simi Valley and commutes to Pasadena daily. So maybe theyre shaving some time off to make the LA one seem even worse in comparison? Three times now Waze has decided to reroute me (traveling from south Orange County north to eastern LA County area) away from the 5 FWY and up through Santiago Canyon Roadat midnight so that I can shave 2 minutes off my drive. It would be completely intolerable. Yes, exactly! I am lucky I live and work within one mile of each other (in West L.A., thank you rent control!) When the commute impacts your quality of life its definitely time to think of solutions. I assume shes referencing actual surveys of people asking them about the length of their commute, which is their actual experience. The idea of driving into the city center or to the other side of the metro area makes me shudder. Yikes. However, a lot of that was a voluntary tradeoff of having a pleasanter commute (living farther up the line meant I was guaranteed a seat on the train) vs. a shorter commute (when I might have to wait for a few trains to go by because theyre so squished). Say you didnt realize the reality of LA traffic and your current situation is not sustainable in the longterm, and what makes sense from here? Like the OP, Im a former New Yorker, and my 45-minute subway or bus commute felt like nothing because I didnt have to be so engaged. What matters is youre miserable, so you should look elsewhere. Patch up the seats if necessary. I do not feel safe taking Blue Line and neither does my husband who is a 6 ft big dude. I couldnt take it mentally OR physically. I have no good advice, just sympathy! He commuted from Chester County to Manhattan by train. And that would have to be for a super terrific, well-paid job. This is my current reality. I dont mind driving 35 to 40 minutes for work, but I absolutely hate SITTING in traffic for that amount of time. I would have left a merely very good job a couple of years ago. When I was a kid my grandpa had a ranch in Mariposa, and Merced was the closest city (and it was a boondocks city back then!). I commuted from Huntington Beach to Burbank one timeit wasnt fun, but it was normal to me. I lived and worked in L.A. in the 80s, and I spent 60 minutes driving each way. I hope that youre able to find another job with a more manageable commute! My car doesnt have tinted windows and isnt the most comfortable, so even though theyd have paid me more, all that would go towards offsetting the increased expense of car maintenance. Groundwork cafe at the north Hollywood intersection of the redline and orange line has glorious gluten free baked goods(Im celiac, so I live by my map of places that I can eat). A 3 hour daily commute really starts to eat into your free time. LA Story! Varsity Veterinary Center is located in the hip College Park neighborhood of Orlando. You can consider public transit, I took the redline from the SF Valley into downtown for several years as part of my regular commute and I loved it, super convenient. 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