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I’ve in my entire life never had this short a commute. All the following is one-way commute: 45 minutes to school growing up. 2,5 hours to university 5 days a week for years. 1,5-2 hours to work since. Since the pandemic only 2 days a week though, which is a relief.
Sure it would be nice if it were shorter, but using public transport helps. At least I get to relax, play a game, knit, etc. And not living in a polluted city and having a yard makes it worthwhile.
2.5 hours is wild. You spent 5 hours a day commuting?
Well, for 2 years I did 2 hours each way, then they changed around some public transport times and it was 2.5 hours for another 2 years.
I did most of my homework, solo parts of projects and studying in public transport.
That's rough. I honestly couldn't do that.
Fair, it’s not for everyone. I was admittedly pretty burnt out after the 2 years of 2.5 hours. That was too much long term for me too.
This is true, but only if it’s not crowded and you get to sit down. The same commute time feels completely different during rush hour and off-peak.
True. Luckily I haven’t needed to stand in a long while. Makes the commute a lot less fun when that’s necessary. But at least there’s audiobooks.
Where do you live?
The Netherlands mainly
That's not typical, right? Few sites I found say average nl commute is 19km. I commute around 13km on bicycle and it takes around 35 minutes mostly because of traffic lights.
Statistically most of those people likely live in a city themselves. Of my direct colleagues 70% have similar commutes to mine. They also all live in the countryside somewhere or in smaller, less expensive cities. Most of them use the car instead of public transport though.
Shit that's comparable time from Gothenburg to Oslo
I mean, it sounds like you're spending 12 hours a day in a polluted city so....
Currently only 2 days a week at the moment. And 4 of those 12 hours I’m in public transport, most of which is in the train and no longer inside is the city. So meh, not really.
But even if that were true, what’s the argument you’re trying to make? Already spending 12 hours in a polluted city so I shouldn’t bother with the other 12? Also weekends still exist.
Why haven't you moved closer? When I started university, I could've had a 1,5 hour commute by car but I moved closer and now it's 5 min by bike
During university the only financially viable way would have been student housing. There wasn’t any that would have taken in me, my husband and our cat.
And since then see above: it’s nice to not live in the busy air pollution of the city and be able to afford a house with a yard. Best thing possible within 30 minutes of work within our budget would have been a small apartment with roommates.
Won't it be easier for you to live near your job place. 2 hours to and from work each day is exhaustive. Don't you think ? What is your job ?
Maybe if it was just me I’d do that. But I love our house and garden and the quiet and dark late at night and the clean(er) air. And with a husband and pets a cohabitation situation in a small place in a city just isn’t ideal. The only thing it would save me is commute time, but as I use my commute to be productive or relax it doesn’t feel like nearly enough of a burden to even consider it.
If I still had to do the commute daily I’d switch jobs though, but I wouldn’t go and live anywhere closer to where most of the good jobs are.