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I am gen X, so I guess we are a bit tougher ;) And I only did this for a couple of years.

The commute was 1h20min by train, then 10min by bus. It took me 2 hours from door to door.

I know people in my office that has an 1.5h commute by train because they can not afford a house near the city for their wife and kids

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The average time people in the UK spend commuting each day is 55 mins, with more than 3 million spending two or more hours and 880,000 people spending more than 3 hours each day[0]. In London the average is 74 mins a day[1], and from my experience in London an hour each way is perfectly normal, with 1.5 or 2 hours each way not too unusual, and I've even worked with some people who spend significantly longer than that travelling to work.

[0] http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/nov/09/million-people-...

[1] https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=average+commute+time+londo...

I don't mind my 1h25m commute, even if I don't get a seat on a train you can still read or write. It's not such a bad lifestyle as people think. Leave the house at 0730, home by 1840.

I live in metro Melbourne and had a 90 minute commute to get to work nearby the CBD. Throwing away 3 hours, day in day out was really, really stupid, and nearly drove me to quit within 1-2 years.

You can fit a lot of life in 3 hours. It's not worth sacrificing when you have even the glimmer of a choice. Remote now and way less depressed.

genX here as well. I used to have to drive 1hr 45 / 2.5hrs each way depending on traffic. Always had to plan the journey would take 2.5hrs just incase.

Definitely doable. Kids today huh?

And here I thought progress was supposed to make it easier on each generation.

But that only applies to washing machines, not when it's about avoiding "2 hours up-hill, in the snow, even in summer, both directions" commutes, I guess.

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