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> It's more like 1 hr a day on a train if you're close to a bart station.

My commute currently takes 4 minutes. Any longer than 10 and I'd start searching for a closer place to live

A quick search suggests that the closest home for sale near our corporate headquarters in Silicon Valley would be a 16-24 minute commute, list price $1M. Or 25-40 minutes for $600k.

Assuming you commute 5 days a week, twice a day, multiply your commute by 10 to get the time per week, or ~480 to get the time per year. A one hour commute is 480 hours a year, or 20 full days (or 80 8-hour periods).



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