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WCDT 28-32 March 2011 (1891-1895)

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westrim:
Seriously, small states are messed up. I consider about a 40 mile radius around where I live to be my zone of familiarity- my college is 15 miles away. I remember visiting DC and then driving with cousins to their home by Atlanta, and we drove through three states on the way (not counting Georgia). It took about10  hours. I could go north for 10 hours and still be 100 miles away from the Oregon border. I don't drive, but I also wouldn't want to live in a smaller area.

Skewbrow:
I guess my commute: 8 miles on a bike (or a car if you don't mind driving thru what passes for an urban area in these parts) or 12 miles by car (via major roads - my preference), is typical for SW Finland. One of the reasons I quit my second job at Nokia was that their local site was relocated to join their major site 35 miles further East (20-25 minutes on a fast train from the old site). Too long a commute for me. Several coworkers felt the same way and opted for the severance package instead (some of them have since reconsidered :-))

It's all about your own expectations and the structure of the society around you. At our previous place (a 2-mile-commute) I hardly ever needed a car. Parts of US East coast with old cities may be the same. The cities in the Midwest, and the Pacific coast in particular, are designed and built on the premise that you have a car. Consequently a longer commute becomes acceptable, and is the norm in LA (judging from what I've heard).

Loki:
I regularly spend one hour going to my girlfriend via public transport because I don't have a car. When I tell people, I get reactions ranging from "oh, that's nice" up to "I would get a girlfriend which lives closer". (Major WTF at the latter).

Carl-E:
I used to bike the 4.5 miles to my work. 

Don't have that job anymore, though. 

Now it's 54 miles (one way) from my curb to the parking lot at work.  Takes 1 1/4 hours (75 min). 

In good  weather. 

The trip crosses two mountain ridges.  The longest it took so far was just under 6 hours during a blizzard.  They closed the road in front of and  behind us for two of those hours. 

And yes, I have  spent the night in my office a couple of times when I knew the bad weather was coming! 

slydon:

--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 28 Mar 2011, 21:31 ---...How the frak does an 8.7 mile journey take 20 minutes???
--- End quote ---
The distance from my parents' house to my friend's apt in a relatively suburban part of NYC was 5.3 mi, and it was usually a 20 to 30 minute trip. The google maps estimate must've been based on 3am traffic.

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