Commute or location

housebuyer143

50 mins is okay, if it actually is - but from experience at rush hour a 50 min drive is easily 2 hours, hell my 20 min commute routinely took 50 mins, then add crashes into that equation.
I would never live that far from my work, unless it was one day a week.

getmore4less

boxer234 said:

jimpwarsop said:

Only you can decide, we are all different.

I never travelled more than ten minutes, but I was mainly a shift worker, my son has done three hours each way with a ten hour day in between, but he was very young, he now does 45 minutes each way (he is 28) and is looking to change jobs to get nearer to home.

Thing is, travelling the same route day after day is boring as hell.

It is I do go to a different school each day so the commute would vary and be different lengths.  

How much control do you have over where you go.
Any way you can change your patch so you move to somewhere that you can get a catchment of schools that are closer.

boxer234

badger09 said:

boxer234 said:

brasso said:

If this was me I’d go for the more peaceful rural location every single time. Quality of life is vitally important. You need to be able to switch off away from work. Instead of seeing your 50 min journeys as a burden, see them as an opportunity— to learn a language, listen to audiobooks, whatever. Have a plan and try to look forward to your commute.

I can happily amuse myself with car karaoke.  I guess my biggest worry is fuel cost but my mortgage will be less than my rent so it should even put. 

If its a different commute every day, then presumably some will be shorter? At least you won't get bored with the same one every day. It sounds as though your quality of life outside work would be better in the village house, so.....

Some will be shorter basically I work all over the county but mostly in the south whereas house is just past north.  Everyday is different. 

boxer234

getmore4less said:

boxer234 said:

jimpwarsop said:

Only you can decide, we are all different.

I never travelled more than ten minutes, but I was mainly a shift worker, my son has done three hours each way with a ten hour day in between, but he was very young, he now does 45 minutes each way (he is 28) and is looking to change jobs to get nearer to home.

Thing is, travelling the same route day after day is boring as hell.

It is I do go to a different school each day so the commute would vary and be different lengths.  

How much control do you have over where you go.
Any way you can change your patch so you move to somewhere that you can get a catchment of schools that are closer.

I manage my diary but can’t change my patch.  

boxer234

housebuyer143 said:

50 mins is okay, if it actually is - but from experience at rush hour a 50 min drive is easily 2 hours, hell my 20 min commute routinely took 50 mins, then add crashes into that equation.
I would never live that far from my work, unless it was one day a week.

I’m lucky I rarely travel at rush hour.  Yesterday there was a crash so I re routed it did add and extra 10 minutes.  

zagubov

As well as podcasts, can I recommend talking books for your commute, either as discs from your local library or narrated ones free from librivox, or even from online bookshops such as the one formerly known as cadabra.

boxer234

Well I’ve viewed the house it ticks all the boxes.  I’ve put in an offer hopefully will hear Monday. 

Rosa_Damascena

boxer234 said:

Well I’ve viewed the house it ticks all the boxes.  I’ve put in an offer hopefully will hear Monday. 

Glad there's a happy ending in sight!

I hate commuting having done it for much of my working life, Combined with ridiculously long hours it means I have missed out on a lot of things that other people take for granted, Nowadays I have to put in an appearance occasionally and I hate it - its 2 hrs out of my day when I could be exercising.

boxer234

Rosa_Damascena said:

boxer234 said:

Well I’ve viewed the house it ticks all the boxes.  I’ve put in an offer hopefully will hear Monday. 

Glad there's a happy ending in sight!

I hate commuting having done it for much of my working life, Combined with ridiculously long hours it means I have missed out on a lot of things that other people take for granted, Nowadays I have to put in an appearance occasionally and I hate it - its 2 hrs out of my day when I could be exercising.

I know I run ultra marathons and train in the morning before work.  I’d love to go part time to focus on my running but divorce is expensive.