I live in Poughkeepsie and work in Manhattan.

It takes me about 2 hours and 10 minutes from the door of my apartment to the door of my office. I live a 10 minute walk from the train station in PK and work a 10 minute walk away from Grand Central.

There are probably a few hundred people at the train station every morning, from much farther away than I am, who probably have to take another subway to their job once they get to Grand Central.

It's bananas and the only reason I'm doing it is because my fiancee is in school in Poughkeepsie. I always wonder what the other people's reasons are.

An hour commute is normal within NYC. My commute on average was 50 minutes for the last 20years, door to door. 10 mins walk to a train or a bus, 30 mins ride, 10mins walk to the desk.

Now I have a house in Staten Island and it’s still 50 minutes - though I can cheat a bit by driving to the bus. It’s actually a 15 mins walk, but I don’t mind it.

That doesn't make it any better. As someone who drives home for lunch five minutes away, that sounds like hell.

My commute ranges anywhere from 35 minutes to 90 minutes. It used to be pretty consistently under an hour to mostly anywhere in Manhattan south of Central Park, but the past few years have been pretty terrible (thanks MTA).

Yep. 1:40 here. It sucks.