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The SO and I have radically different commutes and still go through about a tank a week each, so it's not even so much that. It's the time I would spend having breakfast or watching the news, or working out before dinner at night.

I've done it before. I had the same commute for a job in the city for three years, and in the end, I left for a place that was much closer. I'll do the same again, but I'd like to bear this one out if I can, because it's good experience and there's more than just my selfishness going on here. In my line of work, you have to go where the population and the funding intersect, and it sure isn't 15 min from my house.

Grew up with F-16's but here its C-17's and commercial traffic as well. CHS is a combined Airport/Mobile Air Command.



If you have an iPod and you're into .torrents... and you don't mind a little unethical behavior then you might want to look into www.demonoid.com. Otherwise try www.audible.com. I've gone through tons of audiobooks to/from work. I cannot stand to be in a car, much less drive.

The Trail of Tears
It's so funny yet true. I've driven those roads, nothing says fun like gridlock on the beltway.

I used to have 40-50 minute commutes through Westchester county for my last job. Unless I was stupid enough to take the Taconic before 10am, which is a real mistake, becaue the exit ramp between the Taconic and I-287 is perpetually under construction. It's one of those deals where the traffic stops under the "EXIT 1/2 MI" sign, then it takes you over an hour to make that last half mile. But the traffic is just bullsh[black][/black]it. The closer you get to the city the worse it gets. Southern Westchester is almost all city like Southern Cali is.

It's been a real pleasant shock moving all the way up here though. This town has a population of about 1600; nothing is open after midnight, including the one gas station/convenience store. The house is right on the "highway" that goes through town; right at the speed change, too. 55 -> 35 so it always sounds like cars are slowing down to pull into our place. But I like it; I'm so used to the background noise of highway traffic that I'd miss not having a road so close.