What would you do?

[TDV]

Would you:

Drive 80 miles to work PER DAY and live at home.


ORRRRRRRR...


Get an apartment in the vicinity of your new job?

Both brief responses and answers with reasoning are muuuuuuch appreciated.

[TDV]

I kind of have to decide rather quickly too. I'm trying to factor in the total cost of both options. That does include what kind of effect driving like that is going to have on my car!

Any suggestions?

[Mosca]

I'm assuming your situation is different than mine; I commute 40 miles each way, but moving would mean selling a house; and renting an apartment would mean being away from my family.

But if I was young and single I'd move out.


Tom

[TDV]

Yes, Yes...Definitely young and single. Good assumption.

So you'd move out...would you live with a girl, a guy, or would you live alone?

[the other pc]

Everybody has different priorities. Think through yours and weigh the benefits of your options.

Some random thoughts:

80 miles is long distance but can be a pleasant drive if the scenery is nice and traffic is clear.

40 miles is an awful drive if traffic is bad. (I live in LA/OC, Ca. it’s bad during commute times.)

I commuted about 40 mile a day for a while and hated it so I moved.

A certain local member of this forum commutes from the desert to the coast, roughly 85 miles. He has a family and wants them to be close to more family so he does the drive.

Rent close to work may be cheap or expensive depending on where work is. Home can be very cheap indeed, assuming your car get good mileage.

I know a guy who bought an economy car because the gas money he was dishing out commuting in his Tahoe was about the same as a car payment.

Some work places are in places you don’t want to live. Others are where you’d dream of living but can’t afford. Most are somewhere in between.

Home may be where the heart is but sometimes you’re happier on your own and visiting a lot.

How you get along with roommates is too complicated to make any predictions without a lot of knowledge of how both of you operate.


PC.

[SingingSabre]

If the job would sustain it, I'd move.

[Superior Shine]

Move out AND start your own businessor join the military.