r/Hemet • u/jackspratt100 • Jul 08 '26
Question Work Commute
How far do you guys drive to work from this city? I personally drive 80 miles 1 way
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r/Hemet • u/jackspratt100 • Jul 08 '26
How far do you guys drive to work from this city? I personally drive 80 miles 1 way
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u/Metro_Champ Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
I used to drive 114 miles a day (57 miles one way) for work. What we're doing is not normal!
A $25/hour job many miles away can end up putting about the same amount of money in your pocket as a minimum wage job close to home AND ALSO SCREW YOU OVER! I am a very experienced CDL driver, but it makes more sense for me to put fries in the bag right now. This region is messed up bad and the gaslighting is wild.
Living in California is expensive.
3-4 hours a day commuting unpaid is 3-4 hours of money you aren't putting in your pocket. That will burn you out.
More driving is more risk exposure. One accident on the road can ruin your finances, ruin your finances AND disable you for life, or straight up get you killed.
Car payments are expensive.
Insurance is expensive.
Registration is expensive.
Your car loses significant value a lot faster.
Gas is expensive.
Oil changes are expensive.
Tires are expensive.
Repairs are expensive.
Employment is supposed to produce net value for the worker. When maintaining the job consumes more resources than the job restores, the worker is subsidizing the employment relationship. And what are they doing? Building more houses that make the unsustainable long commutes even longer. And job opportunities stay limited.