# How many miles a day to you commute? Roundtrip
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 19, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421 "2003-03-19T01:25:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/1 "2003-03-19T01:25:32Z")
I commute roundtrip around 75 miles a day; it is mainly highway miles so not too bad, but still a bummer. Class or work six days a week. What about you?
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### Author:  [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/2 "2003-03-19T01:43:12Z")
Two miles, generally on foot. Steep hill at the end going homeward. My arms still ache from bringing home the groceries this evening.
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### Author:  [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/3 "2003-03-19T01:45:51Z")
lol. I live nowhere near a city; you live in a small town or some kind of city?
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### Author:  [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/4 "2003-03-19T01:46:18Z")
12 miles
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/5 "2003-03-19T01:59:42Z")
used to be 25 miles round trip; got a different job and it was 4 miles; now I’m working from home, so it’s a stroll from the bedroom to the sunroom. w00t !
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### Author:  [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/6 "2003-03-19T02:10:13Z")
I am real lucky, 6 miles roundtrip. I can get home in 10 minutes. I really makes the workday much smaller.
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### Author:  [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/7 "2003-03-19T02:12:52Z")
Zero.
I need a job. 😃
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### Author:  [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/8 "2003-03-19T02:15:33Z")
10 miles by car, round trip. But I only _have_ to do that 2 days a week right now, on those days I have class.
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### Author:  [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/9 "2003-03-19T02:17:45Z")
'bout 3 miles/day. Sacramento is good that way.
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### Author:  [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/10 "2003-03-19T02:54:12Z")
Round trip, about 90 km (55miles?) to go to school. In the summer, I drive about 110km (68miles?)(round trip) to go to work. This will end April 2004, when I will move to Montreal. I might have to get rid of my car then, which upsets me to no end (I actually LOVE driving most of the time), but a lot less time will be wasted on the road when I have other things to do.
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### Author:  [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/11 "2003-03-19T02:58:13Z")
I bought a sports car to make my early morning commute more enjoyable. A few months later, the company moved to a new office 4 miles from my apartment. I now have a 10 minute commute in the morning (15 minutes in the evening) but there are days when I wish it were a tad longer…
Barry
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### Author:  [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/12 "2003-03-19T03:17:10Z")
130 miles RT. yes I do live in LA why do you ask? 😃
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### Author:  [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/13 "2003-03-19T03:25:36Z")
60 miles RT
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/14 "2003-03-19T03:28:49Z")
About 20 steps up the stairs. I work at home.
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### Author:  [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/15 "2003-03-19T03:29:45Z")
44 round trip. It’ll be better when T-rex is done and it drops back down to 20-30 minutes
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### Author:  [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/16 "2003-03-19T03:37:13Z")
Seven miles. It helps to live near the guys who select the office building. It’s actually a little less than when I had my own company.
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### Author:  [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/17 "2003-03-19T04:20:50Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by fishcrawford \*
> \*\*lol. I live nowhere near a city; you live in a small town or some kind of city? \*\*
It’s a small town, population about 2000, on a small island. Getting to the nearest city requires a 90 minute ferry ride each way, often with long waits and fierce competition for vehicle spaces. Apparently some of our residents actually make that commute.
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### Author:  [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/18 "2003-03-19T04:21:45Z")
Eight miles, round trip. If I time it right, I can spend more than an hour in traffic, surrounded by other happy NJ drivers. Lucky me!
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### Author:  [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/19 "2003-03-19T04:24:52Z")
Unfortunately right now it’s 72 miles. I’m looking to short that to about 10 to 12 miles max by the end of the year.
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### Author:  [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/20 "2003-03-19T04:25:55Z")
32 miles, but I’m currently working on my case to present to my boss about working at home.
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