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HartfordResident t1_is2cs1q wrote

If you're within an hour, daily commuting to NYC would be fine.

If you live farther out than that but still on the rail line, then 2-3 times a week is probably OK, especially if you can take an express train. More than that would get stressful.

If you're in Hartford or somewhere like Guilford or New London, then maybe once per week would be OK.

In the above, I'm assuming that once you get to NYC, you do not have another long train ride. Commuting from CT to NYC is pleasant if your office is at or very near Grand Central than it is if your office is somewhere down in Lower Manhattan. You can get a lot of reading done on Metro North, but waiting for and riding subways in addition to that adds a lot of stress

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sothisiswhyhmm OP t1_is42fza wrote

I used to walk across brooklyn bridge to work 45 mins just to avoid a 3 stop subway ride. I had to remind myself of all the reasons why I left ny in the first place. I declined the job offer even though they negotiated with me down to 2 days office work. Thanks for the insight.

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HartfordResident t1_isbs6ak wrote

Makes sense. The worst part about a combined subway-train commute is the unpredictability of the subway, especially if you are doing an additional transfer. Because that means you don't know if you'll make the train you want to take home, unless you leave a lot of extra "just in case" time. At least with walking or biking, you pretty much know exactly when you'll arrive.

If we all lived in Central and Northern Europe where the trains run like clockwork every 5 minutes it would be different.

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