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I have a 30 minute commute and I dread it every morning and every afternoon. I used to have a 10 minute one.

I'm pretty committed now to a no-car-ownership lifestyle in the Bay Area, and my commute to and from work is optimally 45 minutes to go ~8 miles. It still feels like a huge sacrifice that I moved down the bay and added ~15 minutes both ways.

I'm not sure I could even imagine commuting six hours a day - that has to be soul crushing. And I love riding trains...

In my previous location I rode the bus about an hour each day to work. Noise cancelling headphones, plus some good podcasts and a subscription to audible made me quite enjoy it. I almost miss the fact that I'm about two hours a day short on my podcasts and audiobooks.

Same here. My commute is opposite to traffic and is just 30 minutes both ways. It is fun cruising at 70mph and watching a parking lot on the other side of the freeway.

Do you drive, or take some form of public transit?

Public transit at commute-hours crowding levels is a vigorously and overwhelmingly repulsive place to be. Getting away from squeezing into standing room on the 110dB screaming-in-your-face jerking, putrid interior of BART and onto my own feet has been incredible for my mental health, even though the end-to-end time is similar.

Tried the Transbay buses also; I can barely stay standing since the drivers seem to rapidly alternate between slamming on the brakes and flooring it. At least the acceleration curve on BART isn't designed to kill you.

My commute went from 4 hours a day to 30 mins a day. Hopefully i'll never have to commute like that again.

Same. I told recruiters that increase would cost $20k/yr

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