[Nglvayhp]

2 minutes (I've been working at a coffee shop next to my house for the last couple of months)

10-12 minutes if I drive to my office

will be 10-15 minutes walking in NYC

[indocrew]

I thought you Euros all lived really close to work in the center of cities...

Why would you want to waste an hour and a half or more of your day on commuting?

[selayeffethy]

US really is that short? I know people who commute hours in the US (one way). I know very very few people who have less than a 20 minute commute. I am not sure I believe it.

My commute currently is a 25 minute (slow) bike ride or a 50 minute walk. I go so slow because it is snowy/etc out.

Jon Miller

[Filling25]

Interesting somewhat related chart also from the Economist:

[timgillmoreeztf]

US really is that short? I know people who commute hours in the US (one way). I know very very few people who have less than a 20 minute commute. I am not sure I believe it.

Jon, true big city residents and small town people have much shorter commute times than people living in suburban/exurban sprawl.

[neniajany]

Interesting somewhat related chart also from the Economist:

Get a ****ing job, Euros. I moved out when I was 20 (supporting myself), and I was average to late.

My sister moved out when she was 18 and my brother when he was 19.

[traiffhetl]

Oh, DaShi: Do you know if you need a passport to get to Brooklyn? I have a couple of friends who live there.

[Kragh]

Oh, DaShi: Do you know if you need a passport to get to Brooklyn? I have a couple of friends who live there.

Yes, and you need to make sure that you've got all your vaccinations too.

[Dodoerabe]

In the summer when I can bike it's just under 6 minutes. I am walking now and it's around 20 minutes.

[DoniandaCoado]

You don't own a car? Honestly, I remember commuting using public transportation in Montreal in winter (for 11 years) and it ****ing sucked.

[kranskregyan]

It's Injun country. You think they'd throw in the whole shebang for some glass beads?

Do you think the land would be suited for growing cotton? I often see African-looking fellows about town, and I bet they'd appreciate the chance to work on a plantation on unspoiled shores...

[boizzones]

I was assuming. I actually wear a level IV biohazard suit whenever I cross the East River.

Speaking of water, I've noticed that on particularly clear days I can see what appears to be land across the Hudson. Does anybody know what's over there? Has anybody claimed that territory yet?

It's populated by mutants from what I've heard.

[denwerdinoss]

I spent 22 years in Montreal. I only commuted using public transportation for 11 of them. Montreal's got quite pleasant weather 8 months of the year and only mildly unpleasant for 2 months.

I still don't like to talk about the other 2.

[6Rexw51X]

I went there for a French class field trip, and got stuck in a snow drift up to my chest. In April. It was fun, but only because of the novelty. If it were a regular occurrence, I'd probably get tired of it.

[Appenianags]

Jan-Feb are bad. December and March are snowy and around freezing. The rest of the year is more pleasant than DC/MD/VA weather

IIRC Montreal spends more on snow removal than any other city in the world.

St. John's has us beat for pure depth, though. I think we average ~8 feet a year. St. John's gets ~12.

[DOWNLOADnowADOBEphotoSHOP]

There are circles of Hell more pleasant than summers in DC.

[bgsavings]

Hmm, we only get 5 and a half feet on average in a year.

[SingleMan]

10-15 minute commute by foot.

[Deseassaugs]

You don't own a car? Honestly, I remember commuting using public transportation in Montreal in winter (for 11 years) and it ****ing sucked.

Me? I have a car, it used to take 15-20 minutes to drive to work, and then we moved to a new building which is close to my house. If I drive now it takes about 8 minutes. Biking is faster, and walking is more relaxing.

[AgJ5mNXM]

Oddly, this is not the case. F.e., the boroughs of NYC have the highest commute times. That is unless you consider the boroughs not the true big city.


a) I'm a bit surprised at how long the NYC times are.
b) Even so, 38.5 minutes isn't very long compared to most people who pull the standard rush-hour commute in most big cities in the US (suburb to urban core)