How far do you Commute to Work ??

skywalker · 01-02-2006 10:27AM

My commute is about an hour on the bus, going through city center. I dont mind it too much, allows me to read peacefully.

Megatron · 01-02-2006 10:36AM

i sued to live in contarf but my work was in Shankill.

So i'd be up for 6:40 , at the dart station for about 7:10 and in work for 8:20.

If i leave it any later than that i won't make it in till 9 ish ( depdening on traffic from skankill to work.

However on the way home i found something handy.

If i finish at 5:30 i'd usualy arrive at my front door at about 7.
if i finish at 5 i'd usualy arrive at my front door at 6:20.

I now live in Glasgow.
In the morning I get the bus at about 8:05 and in work for 8:20.
if i get the later buses they can be packed and hence you miss them.
The latest i can get a bus is 8:35 and i still make it in for 9.

on the way home is a bit worse.
get the bus say about 5:45 and don't get home till about 6:30. :eek:

The traffic is nothing compared to what i've put up with in dublin for the last couple of years.

Swarfboy · 01-02-2006 10:41AM

Tullamore - Dublin = 1hour each way...............
small price to pay for
1) living in a town i.e. walking to every shop, pub, cinema etc...
2) 2 people do not need to work (save child care) Nobody I know under the age of 35 can do this in Dublin...
3) therefore my kids have a mammy who is thrilled we went down "the old route" and the kids are very content indeed....if a little excited to see Dad even if it is 8pm....

ionapaul · 01-02-2006 10:41AM

bubby wrote:

Better than pumping your money into rent. At least after a few years with better salary .. then move closer. I would say it is also a wise decision in the midterm for those with children. Some areas for the same purchase price, closer to Dublin and you'd have druggies for kids. It depends on your circumstances.

Can't say I agree with you there - I rent in the city centre and am 30 minutes walk / 15 minutes drive from where I work, walk into town any night and walk home when done. The money I spend on rent is not 'dead money', I spend a lot less than what it would cost to service a mortgage on the room I live in. I pay for a service that appropriately meets my current requirements; I want / need to have a decent social life. If I had to commute more than 1 hour total in a day, I would not consider that a worthwhile life for me...needless to say if I had young kids I wanted to spend time with, I would resent a long commute even more.

Mr Magnolia · 01-02-2006 10:48AM

MorningStar wrote:

Why did you live so far from work?

Simply because I want to live in Dundalk, and there are no positions around Louth to suit me.

mise_me_fein_V2 wrote:

5:55, don't you mean about 6am.

No, I mean 5:55 (5mins can make a difference of 15 on the journey).

mise_me_fein_V2 wrote:

Anyone living in Louth should have no problem commuting to Dublin or even Belfast with the new roads we have....You can do Dundalk to the M50 interchange in 50 mins. That journey should only take you an hour or 70 mins top. Easy.
So I retain my statement.

You have your opinions, I have mine.

petes · 01-02-2006 10:56AM

Takes me about one and a half minutes to walk to work:)

HelterSkelter · 01-02-2006 11:02AM

ionapaul wrote:

Can't say I agree with you there - I rent in the city centre and am 30 minutes walk / 15 minutes drive from where I work, walk into town any night and walk home when done. The money I spend on rent is not 'dead money', I spend a lot less than what it would cost to service a mortgage on the room I live in. I pay for a service that appropriately meets my current requirements; I want / need to have a decent social life. If I had to commute more than 1 hour total in a day, I would not consider that a worthwhile life for me...needless to say if I had young kids I wanted to spend time with, I would resent a long commute even more.

Fair play to ya, I think that's a good view to have.

IceHawk · 01-02-2006 11:16AM

8 minutes walk. Up at 8:40, shower, leave. In work by 9

elurhs · 01-02-2006 11:17AM

Is it wrong that I'm getting pleasure from seeing Dublin people bitch about traffic and commuting?

Yet some people regard the 'natives' from outside the Pale as being ignorant?

Used to work in Tuam, 30 mins there and 30 mins home. Now in Athlone, 10 min drive! Anybody sitting in a car for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening needs their head examined IMHO. People might say they need the work to support their family, but I don't think the child who never sees their parents during the week would agree.

HelterSkelter · 01-02-2006 11:21AM

elurhs wrote:

Is it wrong that I'm getting pleasure from seeing Dublin people bitch about traffic and commuting? Yet some people regard the 'natives' from outside the Pale as being ignorant?

Huh? most people never stated if they are Dubs or not. A lot of them could be culchies that could only get jobs in "the Pale" and still want to live at home.

MorningStar · 01-02-2006 11:24AM

HelterSkelter wrote:

Huh? most people never stated if they are Dubs or not. A lot of them could be culchies that could only get jobs in "the Pale" and still want to live at home.

You know a hell of a lot of them are exactley that. Many of them people moan about Dublin aren't from here or even want to be here

ferdi · 01-02-2006 11:34AM

20-30 minute cycle into college

HelterSkelter · 01-02-2006 11:40AM

MorningStar wrote:

You know a hell of a lot of them are exactley that. Many of them people moan about Dublin aren't from here or even want to be here

We should put a ban on people from outside "the Pale" living or working here, that would solve all our traffic problems! The same way as some counties (Clare for example) put a ban on people from outside the area building homes there!!

Buttony · 01-02-2006 11:48AM

About 35 days of my life per year.

4 days a week 2hrs each way on car,train,luas and on foot. It is a complete waste of my life!!

I know it is completely mental but at least I could tell my boss where to shove his job and take a low paying job in the sticks or live on one wage and still not have to worry about losing my home. And I'm working on getting out of the rat race so I can see an end to my commuting

Zulu · 01-02-2006 01:49PM

15mins.

Walk.

each way.

...suckers

Archeron · 01-02-2006 01:52PM

HelterSkelter wrote:

We should put a ban on people from outside "the Pale" living or working here, that would solve all our traffic problems! The same way as some counties (Clare for example) put a ban on people from outside the area building homes there!!

Absolutely, and there should be guard towers to shoot anyone who tries to sneak in, and anti tank missiles so you can blow up cars and mini-buses. In fact, we could set up 26 (or 32) little mini-countries and have wars and invade each other for fun and sport. End commuting and give the kids something to do at the wekend, its win-win really.

foggy · 01-02-2006 02:06PM

When I lived in Dublin, i used to leave the house at 7, walk to the dart and be at work at 8.30 to start at 9. otherwise the dart was packed.
Now I live in Donegal, i leave my house at 8.40, stop at the shop and still be at work before 9. It's 7 miles door to door.

connundrum · 01-02-2006 02:07PM

Used to have to travel Northside to Southside, which would be 5 minute walk +40 minute bus +10 minute walk + 20 minute Laus + 5 minute walk each way. But now its a simple matter of 1 bus journey which can vary from 45 minutes to 1hr 20 mins.

A scooter should be in the pipeline shortly which will make everything 5 minutes away! :v:

threebeards · 01-02-2006 02:23PM

It takes me about 3 minutes to drive to work but I'll be moving out of town in a few weeks so the 5 mile journey will take me probably about 10 mins (and my new 5 bed house cost less than a 2 bed town house in Dublin).

MorningStar · 01-02-2006 02:29PM

threebeards wrote:

It takes me about 3 minutes to drive to work but I'll be moving out of town in a few weeks so the 5 mile journey will take me probably about 10 mins (and my new 5 bed house cost less than a 2 bed town house in Dublin).

So does that mean you bought based on size or price in your eyes? I am really curious because many people claim on boards that people buy further away based on price while I think it is to a percieved value for money based on size

threebeards · 01-02-2006 03:07PM

MorningStar wrote:

So does that mean you bought based on size or price in your eyes? I am really curious because many people claim on boards that people buy further away based on price while I think it is to a percieved value for money based on size

I moved back home to Castlebar 3 years ago because it was so expensive to buy property in Dublin. In terms of value, I've sold a 3 bed semi here and made a few quid on it. With regard to my new house, my choice was based both on size and price. It means moving about 5 miles out of Castlebar but it also means that the size and quality of house I bought is about €100K less than I would have paid in the town and a similar sized property in Dublin County would be in the region of €500K. It's not like I have a long distance to travel. While the point could be made that salary levels are not the same outside of Dublin (unless in the public sector), I have to say that the quality of life is so much better. I'm not trying to gloat about my short 'commute' or the price of property in the west - just pointing out what's available if people look beyond 'The Pale'

http://www2.myhome.ie/search/property.asp?id=250170&np=&rt=search&searchlist=
I've just seen this property on myhome.ie in Enfield which isn't too disimilar to what I've bought. The site is about 1/4 of an acre bigger than what's with mine but the price is nearly 1.5 greater than what I paid. Just to give peeps an idea of the differences if they didn't already know.

bennyc · 01-02-2006 03:16PM

Takes me 30 minutes unless I meet a tractor or sheep actually had a head on last night with a deer running accross the road :eek: it jumped straight into my bumper, gone when I went back.
But the only town I drive trough is Dromahair in Leitrim and the worst case traffic is you might have to let a car out of the junction if you are really unlucky

01-02-2006 03:23PM

about an hour drive the at 7 and two hours back depending on the traffic (pearse st) and the weather
its about 22 miles travelling all together in a day
thank god for my car and mp3 player though

rainbow kirby · 01-02-2006 03:25PM

Work is 10-15 minutes on the bus (Firhouse to the Square), but college is another story. I'm in UCD, so it can take anything from 40 minutes (if I get a 75 and 17 really close together) to 2 hours (worst-case traffic to be in for 9). I've been here for nearly 4 years now... you get strangely used to spending your life on public transport. The really stupid thing is that if the traffic is light, it's a 25 minute drive from my house to UCD.

Dave · 01-02-2006 03:28PM

About an hour in total by bus. Lucan to Leixlip, so I'm going the opposite direction to traffic before and after work.

Hobbes · 01-02-2006 03:33PM

20 minutes if its not rush hour. Otherwise 40 minutes. Before I had the car it was 2.5 hours one way.

If you are spending the same time to travel to work then you really should see about moving or changing jobs or finding a faster way there.

Lux23 · 01-02-2006 03:38PM

35 minute walk or 5 minute bus ride. The joys if city living.

gaf1983 · 01-02-2006 03:40PM

an hour to college if i take the bus, half an hour if i cycle.

RuggieBear · 01-02-2006 03:43PM

Lux23 wrote:

The joys if city living.

Amen!

10min walk....

or 14 if the pavements are crowded:D

MorningStar · 01-02-2006 03:47PM

threebeards wrote:

http://www2.myhome.ie/search/property.asp?id=250170&np=&rt=search&searchlist=
I've just seen this property on myhome.ie in Enfield which isn't too disimilar to what I've bought. The site is about 1/4 of an acre bigger than what's with mine but the price is nearly 1.5 greater than what I paid. Just to give peeps an idea of the differences if they didn't already know.

I would just say that is purchasing based on size but restricted by price. You weren't forced to buy anywhere based on price. No problem with your choice but it shows many people cries that people are forced to buy out further. It really is perception of value for money. While you don't have travel time other disregard travel time for their dream house.

How far do you Commute to Work ??

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