My worst commute was when I lived in Wheaton, MD, and commuted, via the Beltway, to McLean, VA.
After that job, I decided that I never wanted to live anywhere that I needed to own a car.
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
Angel ,'Time Bomb'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Mar 25, 2013 5:50:23 am PDT #15917 of 30001
hwæt
Sophia Brooks - Mar 25, 2013 5:51:54 am PDT #15918 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My boss commutes 60 miles, and it takes her the same amount of time driving as it does me with my 14 miles on the bus.
Jessica - Mar 25, 2013 5:52:17 am PDT #15919 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Wheaton, MD, and commuted, via the Beltway, to McLean, VA
Oh god that sounds horrible.
Average commute time for my zip code is 41 minutes (average commute times for almost everywhere in NYC is equal to the average time to get to midtown Manhattan on the subway). My commute is longer because my office is three long blocks from the closest station.
[eta: Neat, if you scroll up to Westchester County you can clearly see where the express stations are by the color-coding.]
Connie Neil - Mar 25, 2013 5:52:55 am PDT #15920 of 30001
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I would happily take the bus for my commute, if the bus went anywhere near work, ran more than twice an hour if lucky, and didn't stop running at 7 PM. Busses are frowned upon around here. People are not afraid to say things like "I don't want to ride the bus, do you know what kind of people ride the bus?"
Lee - Mar 25, 2013 5:53:38 am PDT #15921 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am just under 6 and a half miles away. Typical is half an hour or a little less, but it has been anywhere from 10 minutes (weekend morning) to 2 hours (fatal accident on the nearby freeway shut everything down)
-t - Mar 25, 2013 6:05:37 am PDT #15922 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think it would take longer for me to take the bus to work than to walk. There's a stop not far from my house, and one right by work, but they are on different lines and the transfer point is probably at least as far from each as they are from each other.
Eta: I do have two train tracks to cross on the most direct driving route, but there isn't usually a train to wait for at the time I'm going.
tommyrot - Mar 25, 2013 6:07:49 am PDT #15923 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
(fatal accident on the nearby freeway shut everything down)
Every once in a while someone commits suicide by train, which causes delays of 1.5 to two hours.
P.M. Marc - Mar 25, 2013 6:46:42 am PDT #15924 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think my commute is about 15-20 miles each way. As I rarely go directly home (swing by, pick up Paul, go pick up Lilly) if I drive in, I haven't measured lately.
Strix - Mar 25, 2013 6:49:09 am PDT #15925 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Mathy question for afriend: when calculating key word density for a 300 word article, 2% would be 6 uses of the word, and 4% would be 12 times?
Tom Scola - Mar 25, 2013 6:51:27 am PDT #15926 of 30001
hwæt
Yes. 300 × 0.02 = 6; 300 × 0.04 = 12.