*Avoid Baxter Street in Echo Park its crazy steep. ^^This! Not as long as your commute, but still longer than what I am used to. Even so, my commute averages about 50 minutes each way. You just have to sit on a train for 2 hours each day. Im lucky in that I can afford to live about 10 miles away from where I work, but before that, I had to live about 30 miles away from work because thats what my family could afford. Its only 12 miles but traffic is pretty bad in my area (and Im only able to do it in this time because I avoid the highway highway traffic could easily double the commute home on a bad day!) This has NOTHING to do with some unwarranted assumptions on the basis ofa combination of style and socioeconomics and EVERYTHING to do with real threats shes had to her personal safety. Home by 7-8PM OP, your commute is 100% driven by where you live and LA traffic patterns. So, yes even in LA, a 2-hour one-way commute is on the extreme end of the bell curve of commute times, particularly for auto commute. Im lucky in that, as soon as I get into London, its one train all the way. It gave up just about all of that when it converted to the freeway religion. Long Beach is SO much nicer. General Workforce Inc. General Workforce Provides Highly Skilled Workers For Warehousing, Distribution Centers, Construction, Technical, Retail, Restaurants and More! My car was still like new after 2 years of a 25 mile each way commute in the south. It would help if you had cruise control and/or an auto gearbox. These days, its about 30 minutes door-to-door in the morning and 45 in the afternoon when I stop off for child pickup. Long commutes come with the booming economy & the sunshine. There are ever-growing RV encampments all over with people just trying to make ends meet. And its even got the added bonus of freeing up the Pasadena parking lots because fewer people are leaving their cars there, theyre leaving them at the Azusa stop. Now THAT'S a bit much. But in this case there is wide spread collective knowledge that confirms the traffic. Its not common but, sadly, is becoming more common. I actually have no idea how far it is to most of the places I go regularly, just how long it takes to get there at various times of the day. Most people do relocate to be closer to work or they limit their job search by geographic area. OP is far from an outlier, but it doesnt mean she HAS to keep up a brutal drive like that. I live in the Houston area (suburb & commute to the loop) and my job is 20 miles from me which is anywhere from 45 minutes- 1hr 15 minutes an an average day. The holiday rate is payable for all call-back hours which correspond to the employee's regular tour hours (non-overtime hours). Other people make different choices, though, and thats completely valid. Hopefully soon Ill get to spend more time at home. At least 2-3 times per week. Currently, I commute from my village to Northumbria University, this being an hour commute via local bus services. When it should take 15 minutes and it takes 1+ hrs, thats when I lose my mind. If I were a person who minded, this would be a deal breaker. Many people commute 2hrs+ every day. Im in the Boston area. Two of my friends are going to a different uni, which is russell group also, but it is 3 hours away and i wouldn't be able to live at home. If Id had to drive for 2.5 hours each way, Id be a very sad puppy. Freeways and surface streets werent designed for the volume of vehicles on the road. SoCal living! So if I need to be at the office for an early meeting, or I need to pick up a kid somewhere, I try to allow at least an extra half hour, and more if the weather might be iffy. It's been absolutely fine occasionally and I enjoy driving (most of the time!). Her fiance had a 10-minute one because he taught at the neighborhood school. According to that research, only about 2.5% of workers nationwide have 1-way commutes over 90 minutes. 1.5 hours each way. I think youll find that it is quite safe. Of course they are. But thank you. 20 hours per week! Possibly doing a trial period to see what he thinks. Although, I mean, I know of a couple of people who commute from Modesto to the city, and thats like2.5 hrs or something, so there are always those who are willing to go to extremes. Sometimes it was under two hours, and sometimes slightly over. Yeah that isnt everywhere. Echoing what the others said I moved close to Hollywood for my first job which had a reasonable commute (15-20 min by car). For some fellow locals, its a major stressor but it doesnt bother me much. I like everybody else who ever had to work at Alternative Site commuted. In the 1980s, my mother drove 45 miles to her job in Closest Big City. Its actually longer for the next 6 months while they do construction on the gate closest to me. I agree with most people that having 1 hour of it be by train made it OK for the year I was doing it. On the East Coast you get commutes like that between CT and NY -northern CT. New York to Philadelphia (1.5 hours by train) or DC and Northern Virginia/ Maryland. My 12-mile commute takes an hour. I recently watched a special on TV about super commuters defined as people who commute 90 minuets or more one way. My east coast transplant friends cannot fathom how LA natives do this day in and day out. And I consider this typical for CoCo County; the SF Peninsulat and Santa Clara-San Jose easily double and triple those averages. "It's kind of an adventure to me," says Coughlin . Silly question: why not bike or even walk instead? Do not waste your youth in traffic! Im 54 and not exactly tough-looking, but I used public transit regularly while living in downtown LA for seven years before moving out of the area last fall. Inevitable 10-15 minute unexplained stop at Van Ness that seems to happen no matter what time (otherwise Id say its explained by directing train traffic). That was unsustainable, and eventually higher management began to push back against the practice too (the travel money was expense-able, and it was eating into our profits like woah). This was my issue a couple years ago commuting for grad school. Sometimes I forget why the rest of the nation hates us. 4) Look for a job is a completely different location with less traffic, Cool story. It would be one thing if you lived in Redondo or Fullerton, as there are side streets to get you there if the freeway is f*cked, but 405 just isnt worth it if youre not making a killing at your job. Occasionally I catch a bit of traffic heading out of my city, but Im going the opposite direction of most commuters so its rarely too bad. Its worth a conversation, ASAP.). Im in Atlanta too. I can also catch-up on personal things. God, I miss LB. Oh yes. Fun fact, I used to work with that guy at his previous job. You listen to KCRW or podcasts and eventually adjust. Could OP drive or take a train part way and then cycle? I know someone who used to bike from Venice to Union Station, then take light rail up to South Pasadena. I recently visited NYC for the first time and left on a Monday morning to fly out of Newark. Start looking for something closer. Ive had 5 minute commutes in West TX, 15 minute commutes in northern CO, 20-30 minute commutes in Albuquerque, NM, around an hour commute from rural central NM (to a 2 hour commute if I was attending class in Albuquerque that day), and 30 minute commutes in NE FL. I could drive, but parking at my workplace is expensive and wed have to buy a second car on top of everything. I think thats my cutoff. And then there is the increased wear and tear on your car and the associated costs. Coming home, though, was awful. I havent read the other comments but yup, Id say thats normal. Just try me.). My previous job was 45 minutes away still not bad, is it? I just declined to go further with a job because they required butts in seats 5 days/week and even with flexible hours (which I wasnt sure they had), the commute would be 45-60 minutes of stop and go stress. I imagine that in retail or food service, you are more likely to pick a job based on location, because theres not that many other differences between employers? Might feel a bit tired that one day but if you can wfh the rest of the time you're more than making up for it. Be safe. There are jobs worth moving, even in the same town, for. They each left in the morning, driving an hour in opposite directions. It was horrid. My schedule was 10-7; stopping at the store or if there was an accident? I once had a job where, about a month after I arrived, my boss decided instead of working on the main site (lovely building, 10-minute walk from my flat, in a fun, vibrant city), Id spend 80% of my time at an alternative site. Its not over the top. Every. It was brutal. Native Los Angelino here, Im SUPER LUCKY that I only have a 40 minute (12 mile) commute. But I will say even when I worked 12 miles from my home, it was 40-45 minutes. Now it take 15-25 minutes depending on how long the lines are at the main gate. I'd appreciate any first-hand accounts of what the commute is like if someone has done it :). Montreal here. Public transit simply isnt accessible enough for most people and most jobs here (although its gotten easier, now that the Expo line is open and stretches to Santa Monica). I now work in LB (and actually still get to WFH many days) and my quality of life is 500% better. Theres the concept of geographically undesirable and thats pretty much where you are. ), I can move back. By car it still takes an average of 35-45 minutes. I lived and worked in L.A. in the 80s, and I spent 60 minutes driving each way. What?! The weather in LA is not that great; San Diegos is much better IMO. I need to take a bus (7 miles) to reach either of those. The further west you go (i.e. If you had spoken with someone whos lived in LA for a few years, they would have talked you out of it. I usually commute by bike, which is about seven miles because of the path, and takes 45 minutes or so. And the reason why people live 30 miles away from work is because its not affordable to live close to work. It is already better than Orange County(by far) and seems about as mobile and easy as Los Angeles, but with more trolleys and light rail, rather than subways and light rail like LA. Normal can die in a fire. I live in LB. Im in Northern California in the Bay Area and 30 miles would be maaaaaybe an hour in rush hour. I picked housing that was 15 miles away instead of the 30 miles away better areas that everyone else thought I should go to because I didnt want an hour commute so Ive been a little disappointed with the 45 minute days, honestly. LA traffic is just brutal. My stomach and heart misses it so much. https://urbanize.la/post/metro-considers-temporary-shutdown-and-rebuild-blue-line. I have plenty of coworkers doing just this. Were in Texas, but right now my partners commute by transit is 2 hours each way so I take him in the mornings, which makes the commute for him 30 minutes but easily 70-90 minutes for me round trip, plus my own 10 minute commute to work. Ah, Id never go back to this huge commute. Im currently in NYC and was previously in Atlanta, both notoriously big cities with bad traffic. 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