What is the longest commute you would consider

ronnie3585 · 06-03-2014 11:26AM

I walk about 4k each way. It takes me about 45mins. That's probably the max I'd be prepared to do.

I'm on the Luas line but I prefer the walk as I like some fresh air in mornings and evenings, after being stuck in a stuffy office all day. Plus, the Luas is pretty horrendous at rush hour. Like a mini Hillsborough on tracks.

Kintarō Hattori · 06-03-2014 11:35AM

Leave the house at 7am and get in the office door at 8:35 for a 9am start.

Yeah it's long but I doze on the train and it's always good for a daydream or two. I'd like to live closer to work but I work slap bang in the middle of Dublin city centre and where I live my mortgage is relatively small and if I lived closer I'd probably have to trade a house for an apartment.

Gannicus · 06-03-2014 11:41AM

I used to do 2 hours coomute to and from work for about 6 months. I wasn't driving at the time so I had to get a bus then because of the time tables wait about 30mins to get me next bus. It was the same coming home at night too. The odd time I got a lift it only took 30mins to get to work or home. The bus route was mental. if I missed the bus I be stuck there until the 11:30pm bus and have to walk home then.

road_high · 06-03-2014 12:22PM

Sometimes for career advancement or to even get a job people have to commute a distance. It may not be so easy "get a job within 30 mins of home", or one that suits one's skills/salary expectations. This is in the main why people commute.

06-03-2014 12:25PM

The "walk to the bus, wait for the bus, get off the bus to get a train and then walk to the office" type commutes are something I have never done and never would do. I'd find it soul destroying. I'd rather a longer commute in the car where I hop in the car outside my house and park outside the door of work than a shorter commute which involved a combination of different public transport and walking on top of it.

06-03-2014 12:34PM

My commute is about 45/50 minutes and that enough for me, the driving can be relaxing at time other times its not great, my driving is mostly outside rush hour that what helps, sometime I get fed of looking at the same road and will take a slightly different rout even if it is a bit longer.

I still think any one coming down from NI and driving over two hours just because the pay is better here is a bit silly with that commute you have no life during the working week.

Michael D Not Higgins · 06-03-2014 12:35PM

Soren Swift Guano wrote: »

The "walk to the bus, wait for the bus, get off the bus to get a train and then walk to the office" type commutes are something I have never done and never would do. I'd find it soul destroying. I'd rather a longer commute in the car where I hop in the car outside my house and park outside the door of work than a shorter commute which involved a combination of different public transport and walking on top of it.

Owning a car isn't always possible for some people.

kippy · 06-03-2014 12:37PM

road_high wrote: »

Sometimes for career advancement or to even get a job people have to commute a distance. It may not be so easy "get a job within 30 mins of home", or one that suits one's skills/salary expectations. This is in the main why people commute.

Indeed, I get that.

The point is there are many that commute long distances mainly because of the headline gross salary when in effect a massive tranche of the net result of that salary is eaten up in commuting costs and when you actually factor the number of hours you work+commute the actual salary ain't that good in the first instance.

Then there are those that again look at the figures involved and say that its better in the long run for them that they have a cheaper mortgage as they live further from the cities etc, however again, if you factor in the additional time and commute costs you'll probably find that there is a lot to be said for buying a more expensive house closer to the area you work in etc. etc...

These are obviously broad generalisations, I am just making the point that there are many variables involved.

06-03-2014 12:37PM

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Owning a car isn't always possible for some people.

I understand that and also things like not having parking at work etc. It's just a sort of commute id hope to never have to do.

zef · 06-03-2014 12:42PM

After a temporary move my commute became :
A 20 min bus journey from tyrellstown, then a wait of 0-30 mins at blanch centre for a 39.
Another 20 min bus journey on the 39 to clonsilla,, then a wait of 0-50 mins for train to maynooth. Another 20 mins on the train.
Repeat in the evenings when its cold and dark, And I'm wrecked and hungry,
The waiting between the 3 journeys was the worst, iPod battery never lasted the journey either.

Tl:dr 2 buses/trains each way OK, 3 not.

jimmii · 06-03-2014 12:43PM

When I first started working in London I was living in Oxford and commuting via bus (3 buses!) I was leaving the house at 5.30am to be in for 10am did that for about 3 weeks was pretty tough going! Much rather do a long commute on a bus than car you can just switch off or do something constructive instead of just sit behind a wheel. Now I walk from Glasnevin to D1 takes about 40 minutes makes for a nice stroll in the morning.

Michael D Not Higgins · 06-03-2014 12:49PM

jimmii wrote: »

When I first started working in London I was living in Oxford and commuting via bus (3 buses!) I was leaving the house at 5.30am to be in for 10am did that for about 3 weeks was pretty tough going! Much rather do a long commute on a bus than car you can just switch off or do something constructive instead of just sit behind a wheel. Now I walk from Glasnevin to D1 takes about 40 minutes makes for a nice stroll in the morning.

Was it the cost that made you take the bus? The train is/was surely much quicker to London from Oxford.

enda1 · 06-03-2014 03:57PM

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Was it the cost that made you take the bus? The train is/was surely much quicker to London from Oxford.

about £4k v £1k per year. As far as I remember.

Sleepy · 06-03-2014 04:13PM

Current is around 35 - 50 minutes including dropping the kids to school, (a 5 minute difference in leaving time in the morning can easily add 15 mins to the journey).

Worst I've ever done (besides Wicklow -> London) was Stamullen -> Deansgrange during the M50 works. About an hour each way in ideal conditions, usually 90mins in rush hour, and often went above 2 hours when there was a crash on the M50 (frequent during those roadworks) or on a Friday evening with all the M7/M4 traffic. Couldn't do it any more, I'd rather drive 2 hours than sit in that kind of bumper to bumper hell for an hour these days.

bbam · 06-03-2014 04:23PM

I spent 13 years doing hour and fifteen minutes each way.
Once you have a good car it's doable but you need to be on good money as motoring costs stack up. In the end I gave it up as working nights was soul destroying.

Now I'm 30 minutes from work but work from home (not at home) 2-3 days a week.

Jamsiek · 06-03-2014 06:25PM

Soren Swift Guano wrote: »

The "walk to the bus, wait for the bus, get off the bus to get a train and then walk to the office" type commutes are something I have never done and never would do. I'd find it soul destroying. I'd rather a longer commute in the car where I hop in the car outside my house and park outside the door of work than a shorter commute which involved a combination of different public transport and walking on top of it.

It depends on where you are. If you lived in a big city that had a good rail transport system and the traffic was at a crawl then the train would be the only sensible option in that case.

jimmii · 07-03-2014 02:11PM

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Was it the cost that made you take the bus? The train is/was surely much quicker to London from Oxford.

From door to door it took about the same length of time as the bus was easy to get to whereas the train would have meant getting into Oxford first it also dropped off at a handier place in London. Just happened to live in an awkward place and work in an awkward place! When I interviewed for the London job I was living in Edinburgh 14 hours round trip for a 2 hour interview!!

What is the longest commute you would consider

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