I am in a similar situation and it's usually just fine, but it becomes difficult on days when I would be better off sacrificing that "me time" to do something else (chores, errands, family obligations, etc.). When that happens, the only thing I can cut back on to meet those obligations is sleep.
Yes, that is what happens. Especially on days with bad traffic.
Where the heck do you live that you can get a 2BR in the NY metro area for $1100? Even the scuzziest areas start at $800-900 for a 1BR.
Well, he is 3 hours out. There are alot of cheaper areas in that big of a radius.
Guessing it's 3 miles total. So roughly 1.5 hours each way.
This is correct. 1.5 each way.
Didn't he say 'NYC' ?
NYC is a big place. I am far out in Queens.
There are plenty of places in CT where you can get a decent 2BR for $1100, be walking distance from a Metro North station, and have less than a 2 hr commute.
3 hours is Albany. I pay about $800/mo for a 4b/3ba house there. When I used to be on the Amtrak a lot there was a fair number of folks doing that commute, mostly lawyers and construction guys.
90 minutes is Rhinebeck/Poughkeepsie. Plenty of country and suburbia places for $1100.
Not Manhattan (at least not anywhere above Chinatown and below Harlem). Plenty of places in queens and Brooklyn if you search the right places.
NYC is a big place. I live in Glen Oaks, near the border of Nassau county.
Re:How to Survive an Acquisition
by infinite8s on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @06:58PM
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The Far Rockaways and Staten Island are technically part of NYC.
The long commute lets me be close to my parents, in a neighborhood my wife likes, $1100 rent for a 2 bedroom in NYC, etc.