This is one of the I-15 on ramps

[Chris142]

People move to my area because housing is a little cheaper then they have to commute to work. It's common for them to spend 6+ hrs a day in traffic like this.

The freeway is still another mile or so over that Hill and the merge lane is only 1 lane so all those cars have to funnel down to 1 lane .

 

[alarmguy]

Amazing how people choose to live their lives and spend their free time. People have options if (and only if) this type of prefix bothers them.

 

[Chris142]

Amazing hot people choose to live their lives and spend their free time. People have options if (and only if) this type of prefix bothers them.

This is why I choose to take the $3/hr pay cut to work near home. It's simply not worth it for me to deal with that traffic,wear on a car,stress etc. My commute is 11 miles and takes less than 30 min usually

 

[Dave Hess]

What time of day was photo taken ?

 

[Chris142]

What time of day was photo taken ?

8a

 

[alarmguy]

This is why I choose to take the $3/hr pay cut to work near home. It's simply not worth it for me to deal with that traffic,wear on a car,stress etc. My commute is 11 miles and takes less than 30 min usually

Agree and in your defense its really not a pay cut considering the less hours you are "working" to get to work and return home at the end of the time.
After all your time spent getting to work and getting home is part of your workday. So maybe but you are making more per hour possibly because your work day is a lot shorter and you're not spending extra "work hours" getting to and from work. Meaning your time is money and these companies are not paying you for your time to get to work and go home. That time can easily increase your hourly work week by 50%

 

[LDB]

6 hours a day? Insanity and then some.

 

[opus1]

This is why I choose to take the $3/hr pay cut to work near home. It's simply not worth it for me to deal with that traffic,wear on a car,stress etc. My commute is 11 miles and takes less than 30 min usually

That was similar logic I used when I stopped commuting to Chicago many years ago - I actually got a small pay increase vs my existing position, but I could have had a larger increase if I stayed downtown. I figured the "found" time more than made up for the extra money I was leaving somewhere else.

 

[c502cid]

People move to my area because housing is a little cheaper then they have to commute to work. It's common for them to spend 6+ hrs a day in traffic like this.

The freeway is still another mile or so over that Hill and the merge lane is only 1 lane so all those cars have to funnel down to 1 lane .

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Is that coming down 138 towards I-15?

 

[Chris142]

Is that coming down 138 towards I-15?

Yep. Hesperia side

 

[Chris142]

6 hours a day? Insanity and then some.

It's actually faster to commute to Las Vegas. It's more miles(200) but you are normally moving 80+ mph. It's about 70 from where this pic was taken to LAX.

 

[Pablo]

Hey Pablo why did you move out of SoCal in 1986?

Hey Pablo why did you move out of Seattle metro area in 1999?

 

[bullwinkle]

People move to my area because housing is a little cheaper then they have to commute to work. It's common for them to spend 6+ hrs a day in traffic like this.

The freeway is still another mile or so over that Hill and the merge lane is only 1 lane so all those cars have to funnel down to 1 lane .

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I'll never complain about Cincy traffic jams again!

 

[CKN]

People move to my area because housing is a little cheaper then they have to commute to work. It's common for them to spend 6+ hrs a day in traffic like this.

The freeway is still another mile or so over that Hill and the merge lane is only 1 lane so all those cars have to funnel down to 1 lane .

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I lived in California for 50 years (Inland Empire). That's every Thanksgiving weekend.....

 

[bdcardinal]

My commute is 9.8 miles unless I take a sidetrack when the 101 is stopped. I am very fortunate in that I inherited a house in Goleta and can have such a short commute to a job that pays pretty decent and that I am somewhat good at.

 

[Pew]

The price of housing and location of jobs....I spend 4 hours a day commuting but being hybrid now is nice. I hear some folks on the East coast will 3-hour-1-way Amtrak all the way in from NYC and NJ to work in DC.

 

[fdcg27]

I cannot imagine dealing with that every workday each morning and then each evening.
I can only guess what even a minor accident would do to this sclerotic flow of traffic.
I commute about twenty five miles each way, but I have a blissfully easy drive, with quite a bit of traffic but not enough to impede a steady flow without any bumper to bumper action.
Yesterday, it took us two hours to drive the thirty five miles up I75 from downtown Cincinnati to our home in Butler County, normally a forty minute drive. Even as a one-off, it was hard to bear.

 

[Chris142]

I lived in California for 50 years (Inland Empire). That's every Thanksgiving weekend.....

It's every morning and night now too

 

[TheLastWord]

The price of housing and location of jobs....I spend 4 hours a day commuting but being hybrid now is nice. I hear some folks on the East coast will 3-hour-1-way Amtrak all the way in from NYC and NJ to work in DC.

Uncle Joe did that

 

[KrisZ]

I commuted 3hrs a day from the central valley to the bay area. It was not fun and one of the main reasons I moved to Texas. Now my commute is 1 hour/day.