Luckily near the end I was able to do webinars from home ~30% of the time so that helped Archived Message Posted by KingTalkyTiki on April 14, 2025, 10:55:25, in reply to "whoa.*" ..but yeah, 2005-2012ish it was 100% in office 5 days a week. Suuuuuuuuuuuuck. I hate think of how much of my life I wasted in that car. Message Thread: | This response ↓ what's been your longest, non-public transportation work commute and how long did you do it?* - lcubed April 14, 2025, 7:46:02 Pre-Covid was 40-60 minutes on way in and about 45-50 on the way home. Post COVID, that has - voiceofreason April 14, 2025, 11:39:52 I did Naples to Fort Myers every day for about 2 years. - tvillini April 14, 2025, 11:10:22 That stretch is known for brutal snowbird storms * - ATL April 14, 2025, 11:23:37 This is triggering my I-75 PTSD. - Tuscy April 14, 2025, 11:22:29 When I lived in Baltimore I drove to my job in DC once. - Tortillini April 14, 2025, 10:22:22 I interviewed for a couple of promotions down in DC a few years ago - DT April 14, 2025, 11:15:59 [Danny] Once. [/Vermin]* - Sammich April 14, 2025, 10:24:49 Current job is 45-50 mins in the morning, 60-70 in the afternoon. Been here 10 years. - DT April 14, 2025, 10:21:54 60-75 minutes, depending on time of day, each way every day for 14 years - IlliniSax05 April 14, 2025, 10:16:30 90 minutes each way wicker park to racine for a few months. due to young son, moved to milwaukee to - torinese April 14, 2025, 10:15:47 I have never had a regular car commute longer than 8 min, in ~25 years of working.* - cpsteine April 14, 2025, 10:13:09 Only car commuted once in my life. Was about 30 minutes and I did it for a year* - snipes824 April 14, 2025, 10:10:18 not mine but I had a friend of mine live in Kenosha and take the train into the loop everyday until - bucktownillini April 14, 2025, 10:06:20 Just under an hour each way…been doing it for 17 years. Hybrid office hours has been nice - PapaDels April 14, 2025, 9:52:41 West Lakeview to Elk Grove Village. Nearly 10 years. - KingTalkyTiki April 14, 2025, 9:44:38 whoa.* - cpsteine April 14, 2025, 10:10:52 Luckily near the end I was able to do webinars from home ~30% of the time so that helped - KingTalkyTiki April 14, 2025, 10:55:25 San Francisco to Santa Cruz for a project. HIGHLY variable. * - haighter April 14, 2025, 9:25:10 Lincoln Park to Schaumburg for about 3-4 months. 1-2 hours, depending. - Warrin'_Illini April 14, 2025, 9:25:05 Geneva to Deerfield with 3 stops in between every day for like 2 years. - doubledown April 14, 2025, 9:23:26 45 minutes to an hour when I commuted from Clinton to Carle hospital - Taz April 14, 2025, 9:12:07 I've only had walking or public transportation commutes since I finished school* - gvibes April 14, 2025, 9:10:49 Currently, when I go in once a week it's about a 45-minute drive each way - bjl63 April 14, 2025, 9:02:23 35 minutes for 2 summer internships Byron to Freeport. Not work, but I commuted to UI grad school - EffinIllini April 14, 2025, 9:02:06 pretzels!* - Nobster April 14, 2025, 9:22:55 Three months. Summer after my first year of law school. 60ish miles. Right at an hour. - Chicago1995 April 14, 2025, 8:39:03 Roughly 3-hours roundtrip for about 17 years - add an hour for the public portion - Jersey April 14, 2025, 8:36:42 Depends on the time of year. You ever get stuck behind a 32 row planter on the Philo Slab?* - Philo April 14, 2025, 8:31:40 only from about curtis to the sidney slab!! *bangs head on steering wheel** - lcubed April 14, 2025, 8:32:32 i've never heard the use of "slab." is it a rural hwy? - Nobster April 14, 2025, 9:24:17 not sure i've heard it until i moved here. sidney slab, philo slab, etc. - lcubed April 14, 2025, 9:32:13 it's what they call a case of beer in Australia* - Sammich April 14, 2025, 9:30:08 20 minutes or so. Laughlin, NV to Bullhead City, AZ. I've always relied on Public Trans - Gene Parmesan April 14, 2025, 8:29:32 15 minutes - 4 years. My work commute is now 3 minutes. Been doing that for 26 years* - ibdoc April 14, 2025, 8:08:23 50 minutes, ~2 years* - biclops April 14, 2025, 8:05:00 1 hr 10 min/75 miles car for 1 1/2 years* - illini222 April 14, 2025, 7:58:49 When I interned at Helene Curtis for 3 summers, it was easily over an hour from the S Suburbs - timmer April 14, 2025, 7:55:49 By car-hour and fifteen minimum each way into Culver City for 3 years. By plane... - Tuscy April 14, 2025, 7:51:48 Per Viv's parameters, my plane commute does not count. * - Tuscy April 14, 2025, 8:01:11 hey, count whatever you want to count. i'm just saying what i'd consider.* - VIV April 14, 2025, 8:02:39 I think icubed was talking daily commute, so valid. * - Tuscy April 14, 2025, 8:04:22 about 25-30 minutes... I did for a couple months in high school - ijustkrushalot April 14, 2025, 7:51:44 when i was 24-26 i lived near wrigley and worked in naperville* - VIV April 14, 2025, 7:50:26 In my early 20s I did almost the opposite for a year. - illinibone April 14, 2025, 11:35:01 i don't know chicago. you could tell me it took 20 min or 3 hours and i'd have no idea* - lcubed April 14, 2025, 7:52:50 1:15 to 1:30 in the morning. 1:30 to 1:45 in the afternoon. 2+ with a cubs night game* - VIV April 14, 2025, 7:54:37 I had to commute between Pittsburgh and Atlanta one week a month for 10 months - ATL April 14, 2025, 7:49:53 i wouldn't consider that commuting unless you were sleeping in pittsburgh and driving to ATL* - VIV April 14, 2025, 7:55:24 Then my current commute from Atlanta to my office in Dunwoody. 12 miles. 25 mins in. 40 mins back.* - ATL April 14, 2025, 7:59:40   Searching