If I’m in the office it’s about 30 to 35 minutes by car, all back roads. Unless I get stuck behind a school bus making stops that time is pretty consistent. If I ride my bike it’s about an hour and 15 minutes.
If I go into our Boston office it’s an hour: 5 minute drive to train station, 45 minutes on train, 10 minute walk from train station to office.
If I go to a client or project site it could be anywhere from 5 minutes to 3 (or more) hours.
20 minutes to 1hr 30 minutes - yes Houston traffic sucks and is predictably unpredictable.
Mornings not so bad as I get up and swim early and then into the office before busy traffic.
Afternoons I have long ago given up leaving the office any time around 5:00pm.
I now have a gym setup at the office with Vasa Trainer, Bike Trainer, and Treadmill and will work out after work and then get home in 20 minutes if I leave after 7:00pm.
Manipulate your schedule and you may be able to modify that commute time, or at least make it predictable.
**20 minutes to 1hr 30 minutes - yes Houston traffic sucks and is predictably unpredictable. **
Mornings not so bad as I get up and swim early and then into the office before busy traffic.
Afternoons I have long ago given up leaving the office any time around 5:00pm.
I now have a gym setup at the office with Vasa Trainer, Bike Trainer, and Treadmill and will work out after work and then get home in 20 minutes if I leave after 7:00pm.
Manipulate your schedule and you may be able to modify that commute time, or at least make it predictable.
That would make me crazy. I think the standard deviation of commute time would bother me more than the average. I live in a town of 35k people and I’m grateful that traffic is just not part of my daily life.
apparently it drives people in Houston crazy to, because the drivers here are either bad or crazy, or both.
and I’ve lived here for 19 years so I should be used to it by now.
If you are just there for the job with wife/kids elsewhere, then why wouldn’t you minimize the commute in order to focus on the job.
Why would you look to live in a “nice” area.
You’ve got a great point. Melbourne isn’t much nicer than the rest of Brevard, but it’s got more amenities like restaurants, grocery stores, and a lap pool that doesn’t have weird hours.
Just to help me keep things in perspective, what’s your commute time?
Hard for me to explain - the DELVERABLE for me - my Announcing work at Races/Events is all over the place. The “Commute” can be a one hour car drive if the race or event is local or it can be a 5 hour flight!
A lit of my Commentating work now for Track & Field and Pro Cycling is now done remotely in my Home Studio at home - The Meets and Races are all over the place - but I never leave the house!
Most of my own personal Business Development work is all done at home - from my Home Office
Just to help me keep things in perspective, what’s your commute time?
Hard for me to explain - the DELVERABLE for me - my Announcing work at Races/Events is all over the place. **The “Commute” can be a one hour car drive if the race or event is local or it can be a 5 hour flight! **
A lit of my Commentating work now for Track & Field and Pro Cycling is now done remotely in my Home Studio at home - The Meets and Races are all over the place - but I never leave the house!
Most of my own personal Business Development work is all done at home - from my Home Office
This was my last job. I could be needed in Arizona one month, then California or Oregon the next. My last four months I rotated between Palm Springs, CA, Vancouver Island, BC, and then Sydney, Australia.
It was great to get to go see some amazing places, but holy shit, I couldn’t plan out my life at all!