# Short Commuters come and gloat... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-commuters-come-and-gloat/34453 "2000-09-25T13:40:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-commuters-come-and-gloat/34453/21 "2000-09-25T18:39:00Z")
I used to work about seven minutes (driving time) away from my home. It was great for when I needed to stop by the apartment at some point during the day. Then, I worked from home for a year. Commuting time: about ten seconds, as I stumbled out of bed and crawled the five feet to my desk. Now, though, I work downtown again, and have a 40-minute, door-to-desk commute. Seems ideal, as I use the fifteen minutes it takes to walk to the Metro for exercise[sup]\*[/sup], and the twenty minutes on the train is for reading. The only wasted time is the five minutes it takes to get to my office from the Dupont Circle station. [sup]\*[/sup] On rainy days like today, I bite the bullet and drive to the Metro station, costing me $2.25 for parking. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-commuters-come-and-gloat/34453/22 "2000-09-25T19:00:30Z")
15 minutes each way. And that’s in **Atlanta** , the reigning gridlock champion of the Eastern Seaboard. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-commuters-come-and-gloat/34453/23 "2000-09-25T19:07:16Z")
2 blocks; 5 minutes each way. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-commuters-come-and-gloat/34453/24 "2000-09-25T22:00:03Z")
As I mentioned in the previous thread, 4 minutes cycling. Sometimes, even less when I’m in a hurry. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-commuters-come-and-gloat/34453/25 "2000-09-25T22:22:26Z")
My current commute is ten miles - about a 15 or 20 minute drive. Long enough to wind down in the car if I’ve had a bad day, and short enough that it doesn’t annoy me. I used to have a 5 minute commute, but the job annoyed me too much and I left after 3 year. My worst commute time-wise was when I was working downtown and took the train, then walk a half mile. It was an hour and a half each way. My worst commute distance-wise was driving 45 miles each way from the SW burbs of Chicago to the NE burbs. I moved after 5 months and cut the commute to about 25 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-commuters-come-and-gloat/34453/26 "2000-09-25T23:28:37Z")
“more time with my pussy” Mrs. Slocombe, I presume? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-commuters-come-and-gloat/34453.md?page=1)