Onami

I’ve been offered a job in Kitchener and the door to door commute is 65 minutes from my place in Oakville. I spent today looking at Real Estate half way between Kitchener and Oakville, but it is a little too country for my liking. Just curious, what length of commute do you guys have? My wife works in Oakville, so moving to Kitchener isn’t an option right now...

993-TJC

SToronto

Used to be a minute across the hall for many years unless I had client meetings which would mean a drive downtown TO from Oakville or a flight. Now it's 20 minutes with some traffic. Traffic sucks, love not having to deal with it.

Best combo I had was home or 12 min walk when I lived downtown.

CamsPorsche

I've recently gone from a 20 min (each way commute) to a 1 hour there, 1.5 hrs to 2 hrs home at night. It sucks ***. Thankfully I'm driving a 911 daily.

We built our forever home 2 years ago and even though its appreciated to almost double its value since, there's no way we will sell (walkout backing onto protected green space and very deep lot with pond at end for hockey...yeah not selling).

My contract is only for 12-15 months so I'll take it like a man however, long term there's no way I'd do this commute (67 kms each way). And even if we decided to capitalize on the appreciation we would be buying high and uprooting the kids so its just not worth it.

Crazy Canuck

4km.

It's great

Rampage

8 km!

I did the 1hr + each way for a while, but it really starts to get to you

Pags993

10 kms for the last 18 years. It would take one hell of a promotion or raise for me to consider sitting in traffic for 2 hours a day doesn't matter what car i'd be driving.

Brian 162

From my bedroom to my couch downstairs 30 seconds. Five minutes if I make a pot of coffee.

Vise

Same here, 4kms from Leslieville to my office downtown. On a bad day it is 15mins to get in and maybe 20-25 to get home depending on what time I leave. Hard to get stressed even when traffic is crap since it is so close, I actually don't mind it as it lets my car get fully up to temp.

Work from home a couple times a week as well, in that case 5mins including coffee.

993c4_Toronto

3km each way. I have a place near Guelph that's an hour commute from the house in the city. I'm happy to make the drive there for fun and relaxation, but I could not handle an hour each way as a daily commute.

palmpalm

I used to commute about an hour each way, either driving the Porsche or riding one of my motorcycles. Loved every minute of it and since not having that commute for the past several years I miss the driving/riding I got to do every day. If you're actually driving and not just sitting in traffic I think it can be fun and relaxing/meditative even. My commute was largely on country back-roads or major freeways with not much traffic but I would think if I had to commute into Toronto or some similar city at rush-hour times (heck, when isn't it rush hour in Toronto nowadays) that would suck.

theiceman

Anyone commuting in that mess yesterday i am sure fid not enjoy it. Porsche or no Porsche
Office at home here. There is no promotion that would include any commute that would replace the work/life balance i have

kgoertz

3.2Km. It is actually too short since my car never has a chance to warm up. So in the summer I bike, and winter I drive my winter "beater" 335xi

andrew54

Currently 20km takes me about 40-60mins depending on hours/traffic. If the 65min is with no traffic, you can expect some delays in there as well, unless its back roads. For me, I wouldn't mind a longer commute if its at a constant pace/against traffic, but 1 hr of stop and go is slowly killing me.

Imo000

20 minutes through country roads. Used to be 1hr there and 1:10hr back when I worked in Brampton for almost 13 year. After 10 years the drive was started get really old and started looking for a job near by.
With the way construction is on the 401 near Kitchener, I don't think the commuting time is only an hour from Oakville. Maybe after they finish it later this year but not now. It's a gridlock on a good day and on a bad one, like yesterday when they closed the highway for hours only to follow by another jackknifed truck that re closed for a few more. The 401 is usually pretty slow between Guelph Line and Milton (Hwy#25) so might want to consider that too.