You don't want to move but to get a good paying job you drive 80 miles everyday to work would you?

Question

I hate to move but there's real good jobs on the outside of town where I stay more high paying than the crap where I stay at right now. I hate moving, and I feel comfortable here where I am already but financially there's better opportunity for me 40 miles away. Would you go back and forth to work everyday at such a distance in order to keep the high paying job and still live where you wish? I know some people to have drove like 20 miles to work from where they live but I believe I'd be the first to drive 40 miles to work everyday. Anyway would you?

Answer 1

I work 30 miles away from my job so I'm driving 60 miles every day.. I don't mind it the ride give me time to wind down on the way home from work.. If the job is good go for it, just make sure you have a car that gets good gas mileage cause that will add up!

Answer 2

I work in El Segundo, CA, near Los Angeles International Airport, and there are a LOT of people I work with who live 40 or more miles from here and commute every day. Some of them do it because they like where they live, but a lot more of them do it because they can't afford to live closer.

Some of them have been doing it for years. The most successful among them, in terms of dealing with the commute, are the ones who actively take steps to reduce their commute time and cost. These are people who do things like belong to a ridepool and work during hours that offsets their commute from the worst traffic hours. It can be doable but every single one of them will admit that there is a lot of stress associated with the commute; the ones with families have it the worst.

The longest commute any of these people makes is on the order of 120 miles EACH WAY. As a rule, these are people who only have a few more years to work before they retire, and they just suck it up and do the commute, knowing that it isn't going to be going on forever.

My dad made a commute that was more than 80 miles each way for three years, and he said it almost killed him. The worst part wasn't the 60 miles or so where the traffic was lightest, the hardest part was the 20 miles or so where things were bumper-to-bumper.

Out here in SoCal, your 40 mile commute wouldn't be considered too unusual. Only you can determine if it's bearable, and the factors that will probably be brought to bear in deciding that are the amount of traffic involved, whether you have family or not, whether you can do something like carpool on some days, and how much you really love both where you live and your job.

Good luck.

Answer 3

In Los Angeles a 45-90 mile commute to work is not uncommon. It all depends on the person.
How much time are you willing to spend in your car?
Is it worth that time of your life to give up for the commute?
CAN you stress-wize handle driving an hour each way to work.

Here where I live, in order to afford to live where you want in a nice comfortable house with a yard, you have to live at least 45 miles from work.

Personally, my husband tried the commute, and the traffic got to him. We found a smaller place and moved 1 1/2 miles from his work. I was sad, because I missed the old nieghborhood and friends I had made. Fortunatly we found a place closer to work.

You do need to consider all family members involved.
YOUR friends, the shcools your kids may go to, or do go to.
Your wife's friends, family and job.
YOU are not just moving one person.

I would take the job, and try the commute!
it's only crazy if you think you can't handle it.
if it's too much for you, then don't do it.
Do the drive on the day off from work, hang out for a few hours, and come back home, see how the drive feels.

Ask your head/intellect, your heart/emotions and your gut/intution.
2 of them will agree, go with the 2 that agree.
right now your head is saying yes to money and your heart is saying no stay comfortable.
what does your tummy/gut say?

if we stay comfortable all our lives, we are never open for change.

Answer 4

I drive 45 miles one way to work. I've been doing so for 16 years. I like the community I live in, my family is established here, and I have no desire to move closer to my place of employment. I look at it like this - when I get ready to retire (in 5 years) and I figure the costs, I can subtract the amount that I spend on driving back and forth from my current spendable income and I won't have as big of a difference in my retirement check versus my paycheck.

Plus, you can always look for a carpool or a van pool if that would suit you.

Answer 5

You would not be the first to drive 40 miles, if there is an interstate it would not be so bad. Think about the mileage on your car, the cost of gas, getting stuck in traffic and less time to be at home. You would probably have to get up a lot earlier too.

Answer 6

I guess it depends on the road you would travel to get there. I drive 30 miles one way to work everyday. But it's all highway, and I only work 4 days a week (12 hour shifts). I don't know if you get snow but keep that in mind as far as driving.

Answer 7

boy youre something else huh ? i currently drive about 35 miles each way to work to make a couple extra bux per hour (bay area) but dont fool yourself into thinking youre the only who ever drove so far for work. i used to commute 70 miles each way into some of the worst traffic (Bay Area). i did that for a year and a half and wanted to kill any number of people along the way. its very stressful. i also did a 60 miles each way commute years back. so - only you can decide if the extra money is worth the hassle.

Answer 8

I"ve known people who have commuted and hour and a half both ways to have a job that pays well but still live where they want. You have to decide if the money is worth it and if you can deal with using so much of your day in the car.

Answer 9

youd put a lot of miles on your car to only drive to work. i know that moving is tough but if you think about it the city in which you currently reside is only 40 miles away for a visit. i say you should move there and take the job if its worth the money....plus moving out of your comfort zone is necessary sometimes..... pray about it and ask God for guidence.....Good luck!

Answer 10

figure up the difference in gas costs.....then after a month of that extra gas cost...is it still worth it. you and only you can choose that. plus you have wear and tear on the car, rack up more miles per year than the average driver, in turn lowering your cars value. not to mention this summer when gas prices go back up....do you really want to spend $4 a gallon to drive that distance?