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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:53 PM Original message |
Driven to Extremes (re: commute times of 90 min or more) |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. What you describe is certainly not living, possibly surviving. |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. My wife is commuting over an hour each way these days |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I hear you |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. I can top that, |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. Long commutes are slow killers. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I almost drove into a train one morning at 4AM |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Yikes! |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I've read about people moving to Pennsylvania |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Yup. Lots of 'em. There was an article (or maybe a series of articles) |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. It is a real problem |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. yes |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. I knew people on Cape Cod who commuted to Boston every day |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. for SOME of these families, they have better options |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 03:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Here's what's different. A while back, a "small house" was |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I agree, but as a DC area resident |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. My solution in the DC area: TELECOMMUTE |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Most jobs do not allow for the option of not being physically present. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The number of jobs that allow for telecommuting is growing. |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. If your job entails strictly dealing with information then yes, telecommuting is an option. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. In DC, tons of jobs are "information" based. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Management resistance is a huge issue |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. When I began my telecommute... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. My husband just left a telecommuting job |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. For me that kind of commute would make life barely worth living! |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I don't know about the stats, but I always swore that if I didn't stop |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Did you see this paragraph: |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I didn't see it; I was responding to this: |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. THIS IS MY LIFE. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Not to question your judgment, but are you talking about North Carolina? |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R a very good read. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. We have to find a way to build the ecxonomy that doesn't involve |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. My commute is 90 minutes each way right now |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. which is why I pay a premium |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
29. welcome to southern california!! |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. From the north side of Chicago, about 8 miles, now takes nearly 90 mins by El train |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
33. People just need to rethink priorities |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. rich people need to get their head out of their rear end |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Maybe so, but it is good to look at options other than long commutes. |
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