How far would you drive for work, or do you drive for work?

It depends. In single, but starting a family in a year or so and when I do, I would not give up that time

I drive 30 minutes on the weekend to a job that I like that got my foot in the door of where I'd love to work when I graduate. During the week that same drive can take me up to an hour depending on traffic.

I drive 30 miles one way. I have a great job, good pay, good benefits. We moved to this area because it's sort of half way for me and my dh. My dh drives anywhere from 30-75 miles 1 way. He gets paid drive time though. I hate the drive in the winter. When my kids were younger, luckily I had a good daycare that would take them a bit earlier and later. Also my girls were involved in extra curr stuff later, and stayed after school for that, and our school goes til 430, so with my drive time I could be there in plenty of time to pick them up after EC stuff.

I have had a lengthy commute in the past (70-120 minutes, depending on traffic) and I will never do it again. It is just too much time and money lost.

A 20 minute drive is the outer limit for me. No way would I do 50 minutes.

That said, many people have no problem with a commute that length. It all depends on individual priorities.

I would max out at around 30 minutes. I used to commute into the city and that was 30-45 minutes. Our office there closed and everyone started telecommuting. Much, nicer. Would you have that option s few days a week? Most of my current co- workers are in NYC and work from home 1-3 days a week to offset crazy commutes.

My husband drives 1.5-2 hrs each way. He loves his job.

I used to take a ferry and bus as my commute. It was about 1 1/2 hours each way. I was young, a high school dropout and needed the job to get the work experience.

Now I live 2 miles away from my job and work 1 day a week from home.

Then I was single and needed the money, now I work for our extras. Then I would commute, now I wouldn't.

How far I would drive also would depend on how much I would make. I drive 20 to 30 minutes each way, depending on which campus I teach on for the day. Adding another half hour each way of drive time? The pay better reflect the extra time commuting, not to mention wear and tear on my car. I'd honestly consider moving closer to the job.

My last drive was 30-50 minutes depending on what shift I was working/time of day. The drive in winter could reduce a grown woman to tears, but it was fine otherwise.

The longest commute I had for a job ever was over an hour. I had to quit the longer one, it was too much time in the car just to be miserable once I got there--the pay and benefits were great, but I couldn't stand the misery.

I'm not willing to drive far.  I have small children, which means I like being within shouting distance of home, and I really don't enjoy driving.  Possibly if I had a public transit option (I take a ten-minute bus to work now) I would be willing to go a half-hour away, but, driving, fifteen or twenty minutes is it.  In the theoretical universe where I had a job offer for something amazing that was far from my house, I'd move.

I did once have a summer internship that was 1.5 hours (by public transit) from where dh (then boyfriend) was living.  I made it all of one month living that far before I gave up my free housing with the guy I loved and rented an apartment a fifteen-minute subway ride from the job.

I have kind of the issue in reverse, which is that I do have a job I love, and I live, as I said, the world's easiest commute from work, and we really need to buy a house with one more bedroom.  I am unwilling to be much farther from work, and it is limiting our house search.  But I know what balance keeps me happy and running, and "long commute" isn't part of it.

DH's commute is 5-10 minutes.

We wouldn't do more than 30.

It's just not worth it to take too much time away from family time.

Another thing to take into account besides how long a drive it is, is if it is in heavy/stop and go traffic the entire way. That makes a difference on how you will feel when you get there (in my experience, anyway).

My top length to drive was about an hour. It was awful. I would say 30 minutes would be my max these days.

I currently drive about 45 min. to school. That's about my max. I'm really tired of it after almost 5 years. My summer internship is a quick 25 mins and I am *so* looking forward to that! So my limit will probably still be an hour just due to the fact that we chose to live where we live for the schools...but if I lived in the city 30 mins would be my max.

Most people I know travel a long way for their job, and 50 min is about average. I commute 20 min during off hours ( would be nearly an hour at the height of the rush hour) and people say I'm lucky. My sister commutes an hour each way and says that's normal for most people she works with.

DH has had commutes of 1.5 hrs by train each way. Really eats away the day. Currently it's about half that since moved. But the worst is someone at church who commutes 3 hrs by train each way every day and still comes home each night. We can't figure out why they haven't moved yet or he hasn't found another job. Another church friend commutes over 3 hrs to work, but he drives up at the crack of dawn Tuesday, stays overnight in the free housing provided, works long days and can drive home late Thursday most weeks.