I’m thinking of moving to CA, US to work on a new role but the problem is the office which i’m supposed to work is 48miles away from my wife’s office. So perhaps we will find somewhere in the middle so each of us might drive 24 miles each way (total 50 miles per day). Is this a lot? How tired it is to do it 5 das per week? Ps. The route is from Irvine to Los Angeles. Not sure how bad it is at peak time.
What area?
Depends on traffic. If it's bad you'll hate yourself. You could spend anywhere between 30 and 90 mins each way. Look up traffic online from where you want to live, to work, during your commute and adjust your proposed location
According to google map for that route, drive 47 miles = 58 minutes. So probably, 30 minutes each way. Still, what i feel is fast = furious. How dangerous it is?
Good luck with 24 miles each way in OC/LA
So it is not doable?
Of course it's doable but LA/OC traffic is known to be bad. Depends how much you want to spend time in traffic. I would personally look for jobs which are closer to each other. Amazon has an office in LA area, although it's mostly related to Studios so it might not be possible to get a job there depending on your background.
I worked in Irvine and lived in LA and the drive is about 1:15 min, depending on what part of LA you live in. The one thing you can do is start work early, if you head out before 4pm, commute time should go down to about 45 min.
Live in LA work in OC, maybe yes. Live in OC work in LA, definitely no.
When my partner and I had to make this call, we decided that it was better for one of us to take the hit and deal with the long commute. So we ended up living right next to one of our work.
Rideshare can make it work. Lot of folks on such routes use it.
Irvine to LA is awful at rush hour
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Number of miles is irrelevant. What matters is commute time.
Look up times on google maps. Set departure or arrival time. Take the higher value in the range.