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No longer commuting from Shoreline to downtown Seattle and spending 2+ hours in a car each day certainly helped my sense of well-being.

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Shoreline to downtown Seattle is not even close to 1 hour each way by car, maybe 35 mins, if you stretch it. That been said, I feel you, commuting sucks, consider living closer or finding a new gig.

With the I-5 construction an hour is 100% believable.

Just did a quick check and the Shoreline Costco to Pike Place at 9 on a Tuesday morning is 35m-65m according to Google Maps.

There is plenty of alternative routes, I-5 is a dumb route to take because everyone thinks the same way, you could take aurora avenue, or cross the bridge from ballard, or even the other one close to UW. Google Maps is also wrong all the time btw.

Have you been doing the commute lately? All the routes are bad, it’s just a question of bad or worse. I have to make the drive sometimes and it typically takes 40 min or so just to north Seattle.

You really do not know what you're talking about.

Did you ever consider downsizing or renting to be closer to work? I can’t imagine choosing to commute that far every day.

Most people don't "choose" to commute. They are forced to because of life constraints.

Of course? It wasn't really a choice, just making the best of bad and worse options.

By downsizing, you mean cramming my family into a crappy, small apartment in a terrible school district?

That just shifts the personal cost from commute time to reduced quality of life at home.

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