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ringmastery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:02 AM
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How many miles do you drive/commute to work or school?
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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:04 AM
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1. 27 miles each way
Edited on Thu Mar-18-04 11:04 AM by bearfan454
A long way I know, but this house was only 68k and it would have been over 100k in Austin.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:05 AM
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2. 25
I drive the first 2 to the train station. The train takes me 22 miles to the Loop. I then walk the last mile.

I can do it in about 50 minutes, but 34 minutes are on the train and I can get my reading done.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:10 AM
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3. 30 miles round trip to work.
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Melsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:10 AM
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4. Zero
I work at home. I do drive to the post office a few times a week, 32.6 mile round trip.
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:12 AM
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5. 60 miles each way - until June when I probably won't have a job
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:14 AM
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6. 35 miles one way -- average 1.5 hours.
No kidding. I live outside the DC Beltway and work in Georgetown.
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Shrek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:17 AM
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7. 3 miles one-way
Plus I go to the gym at lunch which is about 1/2 mile from the office.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:18 AM
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8. About 30 miles each way
n/t
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High Sierra Buck Donating Member (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:20 AM
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9. 68 miles each way.......
not bad, I know of others who drive farther
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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:28 AM
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13. Welcome to DU !
Now you can get the real news.
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High Sierra Buck Donating Member (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:42 AM
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15. Actually...............
I have been watching DU since its birth, and following the articles, posts and front pages.....however, thanks for the welcome
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forgethell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:21 AM
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10. 75 miles one-way
150 miles 5 days a week. 750 miles a week. I keep the oil companies happy.
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:30 AM
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14. Sounds like my drive.
But hopefully it is fast driving for you. Even though I have 60 miles two times a day to drive, there are only two stoplights and there is never ever traffic on my stretch of the interstate.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:22 AM
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11. I can get to work in about 10 minutes.....unfortunately...
it takes the pokey-ass drivers in front of me about 25 minutes!
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CPschem Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:25 AM
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12. exactly 2.5 miles each way
Edited on Thu Mar-18-04 11:27 AM by CPschem
makes for a quick metro ride.
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Oreegone Donating Member (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 11:55 AM
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16. None
I work at home but do go see clients a couple of times a week usually no more than 12 miles away. Yahoo.....
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adriennel Donating Member (776 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 12:12 PM
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17. 15 short blessed miles
I've got it good...I've commuted one-hour one-way before and it SUCKED. So I'm happy to have this job so close to home.
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 12:13 PM
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18. 2 miles...used to be 75
Man I'm glad I don't commute anymore :)
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 12:15 PM
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19. <2 miles one-way
I bike it
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 12:15 PM
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20. Less than 6 kilometers each way.
That's on a bike. Though plowing headwinds home it feels a lot further some days.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 12:17 PM
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21. 45 Miles Each Way
At least I have nice views of the mountains in both directions when the weather is clear. (Pikes Peak and the Rampart Range going to work, the Sangre De Cristo Range and the Spanish Peaks coming home.)
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Butterflies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 12:22 PM
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22. just 4
and I love it. I often go home for lunch.
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 01:01 PM
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23. About 60 mi. round trip
I live in Orange (TX), go to college in Beaumont. I hate being that wasteful of gasoline, but this is my last semester here (woo hoo!) so I should be in a more environmentally-friendly commute soon enough.
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 01:06 PM
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24. 2 miles -- carpool and telecommute.
It's a blessing to only have a few minutes twixt you and home.
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