Sometimes people get so used to taking a contrarian opinion they don't realize they end up looking kinda dumb. Pay him no mind.
You're right. The question was left open to answer in all sorts of ways, but it seems that people even answer with "time" whenever someone asks "How far do you live from home to work?" and they will answer with minutes or hours. :grin: It seems comical. LonghornFan answered in post 40 like I did in my first reply. Most people won't say where they live. Also, I'm noticing people adding factors to their time... "if I stop for [insert insignificant piece of information which logically will add 10 or 5 minutes to commute time or distance], it's more!"... uh, yes. No one wants to know what you order at Exxon.
This thread is interesting in the context of the nay sayers of mass transit in this city. Many people argue that light rail would never work in this city because it's built for cars. They say we need to focus on the suburbs before the work on inner city to build rail "where the people are". The one part of that arguement that people don't understand (or chose to ignore) is that people move ALL the time and one consideration is how to reduce their commute time. IF we had decent mass transit options in this city, thousands of people would consider that as clearly demonstrated in this thread. So right now this town is built for cars. But if we build a decent rail system here, within say 5-10 years thousands of people (or more) would have relocated and they would have the option to live near a rail stop. If I had a 45 minute car drive or a 1 hour train ride, I'd prefer the 1 hour train ride. to each each their own. Everybody's own situation is different.
Technically, I have -zero- commute time. 70% of the time, I work from home. The other 30%, I drive to where I'm needed. I'm on the clock and paid for the drive time PLUS mileage at the state rate.
Since I started this thread, the intent was to find out how long (from a time perspective) it takes people to get to work. I don't give a rip about how far it is for you in mileage.
It was 5 minutes, lived and work in Clear Lake. Moved to Tomball about 4 months ago, so 52 miles and about an hour now.
Anywhere from 20 minutes (no traffic) to 45 minutes (traffic) one way. about 18 miles. Before June of this year it used to be double.
On hour to an hour and a half...WTF?! Although, I use to work with a guy who lived in Atlanta and commuted to Chattanooga...but his wife was banking so he drove the 1 1/2 hours... My old job was 20 minutes...the job prior to that was 5 minutes...My current job is about 20 - 45 minutes, depending on traffic...
My brother and his wife used to live off of Barker Cypress. He worked at Shepard/610 area and she was somewhere in on the SW side of town. There were days where their commute was 2 hours each way. That lasted a year before they sold their house and moved back inside the loop.
:grin: OK... relax, man. What about if they were walking or driving or taking two buses? Should you take that into consideration? Around what area of this metropolitan complex do you live? I used to have a boss who drove from his beach house in Galveston to Downtown Houston. That wasn't pretty just to imagine it. Barker Cypress spans a little more than 10 miles and goes from 290 (Northwest Freeway) to Interstate 10 (Katy Freeway). Near which freeway did they live? I am asking because they may not have been going the most efficient way.
Where I work in Houston is 15 minutes. I got a job at school for this semester that is right across the street from my dorm. I'll finally not have to spend a small chunk of my check on gas.
