On: The True Cost of Commuting

[HeyLaughingBoy]

It's even worse going the other way because the trains aren't as frequent - or at least they weren't back then.

I used to commute from Brooklyn to Darien, CT. I'd leave home at about 6:00 am and get there just around 8:30. After about 2 months, I'd had enough...

[iqster → HeyLaughingBoy]

Here here. I thought the reverse commute out of Manhattan wasn't too bad. Subsequently, I experienced first hand how utterly soul sucking it is.

On top of that, it isn't cheap! When you commute out of grand central in the morning, you pay a peak fare.