No, an extreme commute isn't getting to work by daredevil motorcycle with a nitrus tank, it's what the Census Bureau calls rides of more than 90 minutes each way to get to and from work. Apparently, 3.4 million Americans do it. It's not that many people out of all 300 million Americans, but it's rising.
OK, so you've got your lawn and your house way, way, way out in the country where the liberals can't hurt you. When was the last time you saw it during the week with the sun out?
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I don't think of Greenbelt as way out in the far suburbs (we have a Metro station, after all), but it regularly takes me more than 90 minutes when my worksite is in Merrifield/Tysons.
Such commutes are commonplace in Britain, with people commuting to London from as far as South Wales, and even northern France. A lot of people treat the journey as part of their work time, and use the train carriage as an extension of the office, catching up on paperwork or writing reports. You see a lot of laptops on trains.
My worst commute was 70 minutes.
South Wales to London? Crazy!
However, I do see the appeal of working in London but getting breakfast and dinner in France.
I noticed you mentioned Baltimore being "The City That Reads" back in January or so (funny the things that google pulls up, isn't it?) So have you seen this story in the Post about a place in Baltimore where all the books are free? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15693-2004Nov26.html
Yeah, I used to go there all the time - I could walk there from my apartment when I lived in Baltimore.
