- First Name
- Rick
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2021
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- Location
- North Bend
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 Wrangler JLR
- Your Bronco Model
- Undecided
Yeah, I moved out of CA over 18 years ago and never been back. So Cal had bad traffic but not as bad as the Bay Area. 12 mile commute that would take me 2 hours each way. Living in the Pacific North West working from home. Commute is 30 seconds to my office. 20 minute drive to a ski resort or off roading. 5 minute drive or bike ride to great hiking. Does not rain near as much as people complain about. I should keep this down though because people here really do not want anything positive advertised. Already a huge influx of people.In SoCal, you are handcuffed by where the industry or business is you work in. Second, you find were there are affordable homes, larger than a 50 year old, 900 sq ft one. Once you find said home and your career is established in said industry, you end up taking planes, trains and automobiles to work. In my case, over the years I lived their, I drove alone sometimes, carpooled others, vanpooled others.
Once the vanpool ended due to lack of riders, I tried the train for a while, which ment, I drove 25 minutes to the train station, took a 45-60 minute ride on the train, took a bus to a drop off near work and then walked the last 1/2 mile to work. In the afternoon, reverse, repeat. My commute was 1 1/2 - 2 hours in the moring 1 1/2 to 3 hours at night. Eat dinner, go to bed, get up at 4am, repeat, absolutely brutal.
When the opportunity came to relocate to Texas, I sold the house first, then gave two weeks notice and fled the state as fast as I could.
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