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0 pointsChrisMarshallNY3y ago0 comments

I live in Western Suffolk County. I never commuted to the City, but many of my friends do.

Driving is 90 minutes, if you leave at 5AM. Train is 2 hours (including in-city time).

Many folks commute from even farther East.

Please don’t tell me that I’m “insane.” I would never have done that commute, myself, but have lived here for over 30 years, and have seen (with my own little eyes), people doing this every day.

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elijaht3y ago

I did not call you insane- that was another commenter.

I also don't doubt there are long commutes. However, I will assert that that is not the typical experience in New York, or elsewhere. No one in my at-work peer group has a commute that long, and no one in my outside-of-work friend group has a commute that long.

lotsofpulp3y ago

Does your peer group have kids and earns enough to buy a house in a suburb of NYC?

Without kids, there is no reason for the commute. But putting kids in an upscale suburban neighborhood with other kids of similar earning parents is the reason that I saw people put up with that commute.

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