Comments on: Extreme commuting is delusional http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/04/26/extreme-commuting-is-delusional/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: helix_r http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/04/26/extreme-commuting-is-delusional/#comment-70640 helix_r Sun, 13 May 2007 19:08:22 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/04/26/extreme-commuting-is-delusional/#comment-70640 You're absolutely right, Penelope. Thanks for saying it. More people need to say it: extreme commuting is crazy! For a while, I had myself convinced that it was "normal" to need an hour to "decompress" after my 90+ minute drive from DC to Baltimore. It most certainly is not normal. It sucks. In addition to the stress, unhappiness and slow withering of quality of life, long commutes also increase one's exposure to car accidents. I've gone past horrifying accidents way too often. It always made me wonder when my "number" would be called! You're absolutely right, Penelope. Thanks for saying it. More people need to say it: extreme commuting is crazy!

For a while, I had myself convinced that it was "normal" to need an hour to "decompress" after my 90+ minute drive from DC to Baltimore. It most certainly is not normal. It sucks.

In addition to the stress, unhappiness and slow withering of quality of life, long commutes also increase one's exposure to car accidents. I've gone past horrifying accidents way too often. It always made me wonder when my "number" would be called!

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