The Pitch – How far would you commute to work?
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | 2 Comments
How far would you commute to work?
Question:
With the unemployment rate nearing 10%, how far would you commute to find work and how much would you have to get paid for it?
Answer:
I think that I would commute 60 miles or so, but I would need to be able to offset the cost of gas and wear on my car with a larger salary than I could get closer to home.
There are a lot more, and more career-oriented, jobs about an hour from my house (that’s interstate driving with no traffic), but I’m kind of unsure about going there because of the long daily commute.
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Morris from Bathurst Pub | Mon, Jul 27 2009
I’ve commuted over and hour and a half each way: though purely because of quality of living. There was no need to live right in the city when I had an amazing spot in the mountains. Though if you were commuting from a worse position, then I don’t really see the point – unless, of course, it’s financial.
John from Reverse Number | Mon, Aug 31 2009
I believe that 45 mins is the average commute time. That’s the most I have ever had to commute. I have worked with people who were driving 1 1/2 hours each way 3 hours a day wasted. But you need to do what you need to do to put food on the table … It takes me less than a minute