Commuting Poll

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

You are an idiot if you do not take it!!!!!!

But... but... it's Joisey Instead of looking out over the lower Manhattan skyline I would be looking out at the New Jersey Turnpike.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by carrie721

next time i'm in nyc we're going to have to have a neck-snap showdown. better start practicing now!

Night of a Thousand Stevies. May 11. The Knitting Factory. Bring IT!!!!

[sparky]

In theory I say grab the cash, better future and vaca time. Since you can ride the train, you can get all that other crap done that you would be doing anyway - reading books, magazines, etc. On the other hand, I had a hideous commute a little over a year ago, and it was driving me completely nuts. It wasn't the time, it was the traffic. Sitting still. If I could have been on a train it would have been totally different. That isn't the same kind of frustration.
Now I am totally spoiled as my commute just got cut in half and I got an unexpected raise. So what do I know?

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by sparky

In theory I say grab the cash, better future and vaca time. Since you can ride the train, you can get all that other crap done that you would be doing anyway - reading books, magazines, etc. On the other hand, I had a hideous commute a little over a year ago, and it was driving me completely nuts. It wasn't the time, it was the traffic. Sitting still. If I could have been on a train it would have been totally different. That isn't the same kind of frustration.
Now I am totally spoiled as my commute just got cut in half and I got an unexpected raise. So what do I know?

I think boiling in a cauldron of bat guano sounds more appealing than sitting in endless, idling LA traffic. I don't know how people live like that... probably because I'm a walker by nature. The train does make the commute a bit more civilized... but sometimes it's like survival of the fittest trying to jockey for an actual seat within a packed car. It's no joyride if you're standing the whole way, staring into some stranger's armpit.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I think boiling in a cauldron of bat guano sounds more appealing than sitting in endless, idling LA traffic. I don't know how people live like that... probably because I'm a walker by nature.

It was excruciating, and if it were to have gone on longer than 5 months, I would have quit. Thank god it was only 20 episodes.

The train does make the commute a bit more civilized... but sometimes it's like survival of the fittest trying to jockey for an actual seat within a packed car. It's no joyride if you're standing the whole way, staring into some stranger's armpit.

The standing part would totally suck. Depends on the stranger though when it comes to the armpit.

[seeker007nmss]

I say go for it! More cash and a better future in exchange for a little longer ride. When I lived in LA I used to have to find the many "side street shortcuts" to get away from the freeway traffic. Some days it was just horrible. Now it is 18 minutes from home door to casino pit.

[ontheEdgeof17]

It's better to regret doing something than regret not doing it at all.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

It's better to regret doing something than regret not doing it at all.

Does that mean you're going to go for travel nursing?


Hejira - I would do it. I agree with everyone about reading on the train.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

But... but... it's Joisey Instead of looking out over the lower Manhattan skyline I would be looking out at the New Jersey Turnpike.

Shut the blinds honey - because for five days more outa the year, you ain't looking at that and likely will be watching the sunset on some beach!

Capice?

On edit - I look at I75/85 and dream it's a river going through Atlanta like my beloved Mississippi River in New Orleans! Than again, I should be medicated most of the time

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by skcin

Does that mean you're going to go for travel nursing?

Don't bring me into this. This is Hejira's situation.

[Rickypt]

I wouldn't double my commute for a doubling of my salary. I walk to work or sometimes take a 5 minute BART ride. Quality of life is way too important for me and I don't drive either.

But that's just my quirk.

Edit: Oh wait, would I double my 5 minute BART ride for 20% more money?? Yes!

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

. . . Edit: Oh wait, would I double my 5 minute BART ride for 20% more money?? Yes!

I know - when I read your post I was like "WHAT IS HE SMOKING!"

I would soooooo do it at 10-15 minutes. I mean that would be where i used to live and it wasn't that bad.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I'm an hour or so from Pittsburgh. If they paid more $ for nursing, then I would definitely commute.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I'm an hour or so from Pittsburgh. If they paid more $ for nursing, then I would definitely commute.

Nurses here were getting signing bonuses in the thousands of dollars.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Nurses here were getting signing bonuses in the thousands of dollars.

Sign-on bonuses are tricky. Usually, the higher the bonus, the more **** the job is.