Comments on: Your Long Commute May Cost You More Than Time and Money

By: appfunds

appfunds — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:43:24 +0000

I used to commute and I can tell you that the best thing is to do something productive.
When you are a driver, the best idea for me are audiobooks.

If you aren`t you should take a nap or read a book.

Don`t waste your time.

By: Writer's Coin

Writer's Coin — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:42:35 +0000

I was having a conversation with a coworker about what it would take for either one of us to take a job out in the burbs of Chicago. There was a lot of hemming and hawing and another coworker jumped in with “$100,000.”

And with that the conversation was over. There was no debate.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:06:56 +0000

People said I was nuts to take my current job, since the pay’s far from extravagant. However, the commute’s about three minutes. I’m feeling smarter every day… Thanks for bringing this article back to the top. For many people, it really is time to run the numbers and see how many hours of their day are spend earning the money needed to drive to work and back.

By: Chad @ Sentient Money

Chad @ Sentient Money — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:09:45 +0000

Everyone judges others on their commute, because most people aren’t in your situation. The majority commute just so they can have a bigger house. The funny thing is these are the people taking the biggest losses in this real estate market and the biggest losses to quality of life.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:05:33 +0000

It can be worth it to commute. It can also be completely against financial security.

My husband and I work 70 miles apart. I have a 60 mile commute, he has less than 10. Due to the direction I drive, I have almost no traffic – and it’s all interstate. I have no desire to move closer to my job. For one thing, my stepson lives with his mom – 30 milesin the OTHER direction. For another, I make more than twice as much as if I had a job closer to home – and my husband’s chances of getting a move-worthy job are almost non-existant.

I’ve met so many people who say “you’re wasting time”; “You’re wasting money”; “Don’t you care about anything but money” when they hear that I drive an hour to work and another hour home. But every situation is so different. I tend to get very defensive when anyone judges people because of their commute, because it really can make sense for some people. And – luckily for me – I love NPR.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:33:28 +0000

You know what else I’ve always been interested in finding out? The actual dollar value of all the gas wasted by people stomping on their brakes in traffic jams.

By: appfunds

appfunds — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:57:30 +0000

Last week I had to spend about 5 hours in traffic jams. It`s really frustrating.
For me sometimes even more than losing a few bucks in stock market.

By: Pam Grundy

Pam Grundy — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:08:32 +0000

Author James Kunstler has written extensively on this very topic, and his theories, while controversial, are really fascinating. He predicts that the suburbs will be the slums of the future as gasoline becomes less and less affordable. In some new suburban developments heavily affected by the housing bust and foreclosure, three garage mini-mansions are already being taken over by squatter manufacturing meth.

By: Goran Web

Goran Web — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:24:00 +0000

I must say that I love being on the road, it gives me time to make my phone calls. When I’m at the office I dont make the calls, I interact with the office, but being on the road gives me the time to touch base with clients.

On weekends I enjoy getting in the car and just driving it helps clear my head, new scenery, big open spaces.

By: jr

jr — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:56:55 +0000

I used to have a 1hr commute each way, and couldn’t take that anymore. It’s an individual choice, and my choice was to live in a smaller place, but closer to work.