How far from your current home would you be willing to drive (one way) to work?

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  1. How far from your current home would you be willing to drive (one way) to work?

    • 1245
      1-20 miles
    • 1029
      21-40 miles
    • 420
      41-60 miles
    • 124
      61-80 miles
    • 209
      As far as it takes

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.

How far from your current home would you be willing to drive (one way) to work?

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If I can drive 95 miles one way for school, I can drive that far for work. But I would have to be making enough money to afford to replace my car. I couldn't last time and ended up without a car and couldn't work since I had no car.

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Specializes in Trauma ICU, Peds ICU.

Haha... I live less than a mile from my hospital.

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Specializes in PACU.

It'd depend on quite a few factors. A big one would be what the commute would be like. 50 miles in urban congested traffic? No thanks. 50 miles on a decent freeway with light traffic (or at least not all stoppy and goey)? Maybe if it's an awesome job that pays well.

I think 60 would be the max unless I was paid VERY well or provided with a car. If there were no speed limit and traffic was light I'd be willing to consider longer distances. ;)

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.

I live 31 miles away from my work and it takes me 50 mins to get there due to speed restrictions

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Specializes in School Nursing.

I currently drive 46 miles each way. It is almost all Interstate and takes about 50 minutes in the morning, usually only 45 to get home in the afternoon (I get off at 3:10 and traffic is light).

Any further than that and I am OUT! But, I will be driving about another 30 miles on top of that for grad school, but it will only be one-two days per week.

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Specializes in IMCU.

See now I chose 1-20 but the truth is I used to commute over an hour each way when I lived in a big city.

Maybe that long commute stuff is a young persons game.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I currently drive all day for work (at least 30,000 miles/year) and my commute to my first office is 30 miles.

No problems. In my area, we are lucky to have a job.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

I would move in closer if I could not find work close to home. However, here in Texas many people think nothing of driving 1-2 hours one way. Not me.

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Specializes in Psych, Onco, ED, Tele, Med/Surg.

I drive 97 miles one way to get to work. And I LOVE my job! I split the difference; twenty five bucks to drive both ways in a day or drive up, stay for 25/night, and drive home two days later, for the same 75 bucks. It's all good. And where I work pays almost ten more an hour than the local places, without shift diff or weekend diffs. Three in a row and home. Leave at 5am Monday and arrive at home by 915pm Wednesday. Works for my family, anyway. Good Luck!

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XM radio helps the commute, although my commute is about 20 miles it can take up to one hour each way.

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Mine is around 40 one way, I do it in 45 minutes without weather. Rural, I know how fast I can go over the limit without getting stopped.

;)

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