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Even 45 minutes is an enormous amount of commute time for a normal American city. Twice the median. Coastal megacities may be dense in space, but seem to be less dense in travel time than standard Midwestern sprawl.

The LIRR is more expensive but it may be worth it. You still have to get from Penn to Soho but at least you have line options.

lol, I can drive from bear mountain to downtown manhattan in 60-90 minutes. Usually that involves finding a carefully chosen parking garage and walking fast, but still quick and painless

Yeah, I'm stuck taking the bus to the E/F, which from what I've heard are the most delayed lines in the city.

They also make for a great homeless shelter because they are one of the longer routes and never go above ground. I've had mornings where the first 4-5 cars where full of sleeping homeless people. It's almost as bad as every other street in SF.