RolandDeschain wrote:I work 0.9 miles from where I live. It's pretty rough some days, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
therealjohncarlson wrote:RolandDeschain wrote:I work 0.9 miles from where I live. It's pretty rough some days, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
Almost no time to listen to sports radio on the way to work. Ouch. If I were you I would ask for a relocation farther from home
muxpux wrote:i used to work in Portland, and drive from Longview. i got used to it. wasnt my favorite thing ever, but it wasnt all that bad. youll be going the opposite of the rush so it should actually be pretty nice.
care if i ask what it is in kelso? just curious
RolandDeschain wrote:I work 0.9 miles from where I live. It's pretty rough some days, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
sturg78 wrote:I have a possible job opportunity in Kelso, WA that I want to jump on. Problem is it is in Kelso, which I have 0 interest in, and I live in Portland. It would be an hour commute and I'm unsure if an hour commute is doable long term. Has anyone here had experience with long commutes? What is too long?
RolandDeschain wrote:How is a 1-hour commute each way not too bad? You're talking about 12% or so of your average waking life. That's a huge chunk. People need to stop living so far from their jobs, it's clowns that have long commutes that clog the freeways in the first place!
#LongCommuterHater
Chapman wrote:I don't think its a good Idea to mention a Lab and Kelso in the same coversation.
RolandDeschain wrote:How is a 1-hour commute each way not too bad? You're talking about 12% or so of your average waking life. That's a huge chunk. People need to stop living so far from their jobs, it's clowns that have long commutes that clog the freeways in the first place!
#LongCommuterHater
RolandDeschain wrote:How is a 1-hour commute each way not too bad? You're talking about 12% or so of your average waking life. That's a huge chunk. People need to stop living so far from their jobs, it's clowns that have long commutes that clog the freeways in the first place!
#LongCommuterHater
twisted_steel2 wrote:Saying people should live closer to work would be great, then reality sets in.
twisted_steel2 wrote:RolandDeschain wrote:How is a 1-hour commute each way not too bad? You're talking about 12% or so of your average waking life. That's a huge chunk. People need to stop living so far from their jobs, it's clowns that have long commutes that clog the freeways in the first place!
#LongCommuterHater
Maybe these big companies will start putting office space in the burbs of Kent, Federal Way and Auburn? I'll ask if they could do that instead of renting space in the high rises in downtown Seattle.
Or maybe they'll start building affordable houses, with yards, schools, etc so I have room to raise my family in downtown Seattle so I can walk to work. That would be awesome.
Or maybe I'll go back in time 20 years where I was young and single and I could get an apartment downtown so I could walk to work.
Or maybe my work will give me a huge monster raise so I can buy one of these $6,000,000 dollar condos by my work. That would be cool. Oh wait, no schools in downtown Seattle.
Or maybe my last job(which was closer, 25min commute) wouldn't have outsourced my entire IT department to Bangladore....
Spounge84 wrote:Glad to see Roland still knows whats best for everyone.
RolandDeschain wrote:Spounge84 wrote:Glad to see Roland still knows whats best for everyone.
Don't be a hater, I was just calling BS on not being able to live near where you work. Anyone can, if they want to live in a condo instead of a house, as an example.
Glad to see you reinterpreting what I said to get offended, though. Makes me feel all tingly inside.
RolandDeschain wrote:Spounge84 wrote:Glad to see Roland still knows whats best for everyone.
Don't be a hater, I was just calling BS on not being able to live near where you work. Anyone can, if they want to live in a condo instead of a house, as an example.
Glad to see you reinterpreting what I said to get offended, though. Makes me feel all tingly inside.
RolandDeschain wrote:Spounge84 wrote:Glad to see Roland still knows whats best for everyone.
Don't be a hater, I was just calling BS on not being able to live near where you work. Anyone can, if they want to live in a condo instead of a house, as an example.
Glad to see you reinterpreting what I said to get offended, though. Makes me feel all tingly inside.
Sarlacc83 wrote:RolandDeschain wrote:Spounge84 wrote:Glad to see Roland still knows whats best for everyone.
Don't be a hater, I was just calling BS on not being able to live near where you work. Anyone can, if they want to live in a condo instead of a house, as an example.
Glad to see you reinterpreting what I said to get offended, though. Makes me feel all tingly inside.
After all, who wouldn't want to relocate multiple times in their lives for no other reason than that they switched jobs? Moving is so much fun, and it's so easy to find a new great place to live... Even better if you can get rid of that stupid old house you bought.
Zebulon Dak wrote:Some people don't mind a long drive. I'm one of them, as long as traffic isn't bad. I would imagine that living in Portland and working in Kelso the traffic would be much better than if it were the opposite. And Portland-Kelso shouldn't really take an hour. 45 minutes or so.
RolandDeschain wrote:What the heck? Give us an address of something within .5 miles of where you work, I want to see where in the world there's no residential area within 30 miles. Also, do you define residential as "houses with big yards", or is there more leeway in the definition? (As there should be, IMO.)
RolandDeschain wrote:Zeb, if the 50-60 minute commute each way is your favorite part of your day every day outside of drinking alcohol, I think you either have a drinking problem, or you really don't like your job. Just a thought.
RolandDeschain wrote:Ah, no business during the commute explains a lot of it, I think.
Zebulon Dak wrote:Correspondence is one of the less desirable aspects of my work, for sure.
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