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tukekairo t1_jcvhaux wrote

I did it by car for 3 years......it helps if you work a 4 day week. It is hard on family life. Usually took me 2 hours each way (quakertown to camp hill) Maybe carpool... If you can do by train in 2hours that is good...you can read etc on train...

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IamSauerKraut t1_jcvk6u0 wrote

I know guys who did the commute from the Hbg area to Baltimore 5x a week. They'd leave home at 5 am, come back at 8 pm. Sleep, drive, work, drive, sleep. Few have kids.

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tukekairo t1_jcvkuri wrote

Yes. Some do it to get foot in the door...I found the commute time good for music and thinking. It also helps if you can work slightly off hours to avoid rush hour people. It can be done. Sometimes it made sense to stay over in motel...if too tired or sick

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the_dorf t1_jcvyh9e wrote

Amazing you did that for three years daily. That is rough, especially with impatient traffic (truckers and foreign platers going 25 over on I-78). I travel to Allentown just about every fortnight and been doing it for about 12 years (first four years was Allentown to central PA).

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tukekairo t1_jcvzkbd wrote

It was not just a job, it was an adventure...

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the_dorf t1_jcw1uda wrote

That's fair...it's not that far now, right?

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