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I have a realtive who lives in Owensboro Kentucky and works in Russellville down on the Tennessee line, about 1 hour and a half every day one way. Lots of people do that believe it or not in Ky.
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Gas prices used to be 50 cents a gallon, now we're rejoicing for $2.50 a gallon. Hyper commuting used to be more common but it's not that economical these days. My family usually lived about 30 miles from work when they moved to Northern cities like Cincinnati (a little beyond Lebanon) or Chicago (Hammond IN or Valpraiso IN). My wifes family moved from Eastern KY to 25 miles NW of Louisville in Indiana, even though they worked in Louisville.
A Stanford to Lexington commute would cost $10 a day if you drive a very efficient car that gets 30 mpg, and that doesn't count increased wear and tear on the vehicle. It's a free country and you can do that if you want to.
Gas prices used to be 50 cents a gallon, now we're rejoicing for $2.50 a gallon. Hyper commuting used to be more common but it's not that economical these days. My family usually lived about 30 miles from work when they moved to Northern cities like Cincinnati (a little beyond Lebanon) or Chicago (Hammond IN or Valpraiso IN). My wifes family moved from Eastern KY to 25 miles NW of Louisville in Indiana, even though they worked in Louisville.
A Stanford to Lexington commute would cost $10 a day if you drive a very efficient car that gets 30 mpg, and that doesn't count increased wear and tear on the vehicle. It's a free country and you can do that if you want to.
Yeah my family member has a rented room in Russellville. He only comes home to see family on the weekend
It would be a tough commute every day..for an extended period.
Kentucky is kinda funny in a way: I don't know why, but when you travel in Kentucky, it gives you the perception that you've really traveled a long way, yet when you check on the map, you've only gone like 20 miles for example.
However in other states, it seems like you've traveled 20 miles and got there in "no time" anyone else notice this about traveling in Kentucky?
Maybe it's just Ky has alot of 2 lane backroads and they curve and turn ( and to get to places around where my family lives we oftentimes take those backroads....I dunno. It's just a perception that I've always noticed traveling there in a car on the roads.
Unless you make a lot of money and don't mind half your free time being spent commuting I wouldn't do it. Probably about an hour on average.
I agree, I traveled from Richmond to the Fayette Mall for a job in college once. It was fine, for about a week. Then the snow started and I kept wanting to be home as soon as I was off. If the money makes it worth it go for it lol, otherwise I agree, I wouldn't do it. Its a pretty drive though.
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