uptown to oakdale. doable? (Minneapolis, St. Paul: place to live, to move, suburbs)

[gopher38]

Hello,

After many years out of town, I'm looking to move back to the Twin Cities, where I grew up. I have a question regarding commuting. I have a possibility for a position in Oakdale. The thing is, I grew up in Minnetonka, and all of my family, cousins, nieces, nephews, friends, etc are out on that side of town.

I've always liked the uptown area, so I was thinking that that might be a solution. I like the area as a primary place to live; it's not too far from the western suburbs to see my family; if the commute was doable, it would be a good solution. Unfortunately, I'm still way out of the area (overseas, actually), so I can't check it myself and I have a feeling that fighting my way across both cities every day might be a real grind and can have an serious impact on my overall satisfaction with life in general. For example, I lived in SF for 6 years. For 4 years, I lived right in the city and could walk to work. Absolutely loved the city and my overall situation. Later took a job with a company in the south bay area, and didn't want to leave SF, so I commuted over an hour each way. My overall view of SF went way down. So, in short, commute time is a fairly big deal for me now. What would you guess my commute time each way would be from uptown to oakdale? (average of out and back)

a) < 30 min
b) 30-45 min
c) 45 - 1 hour
d) 1 hour to 1h15
e) more than that

Thanks for your feedback.

[Slig]

I've never made that commute before but taking 94 through Minneapolis and St. Paul during rush hour would be ugly. If I had to take a guess I'd say C.

[simply life]

I say at least an hour. Traffic has gotten much worse over the years. Get a job in Minnetonka instead if you want to live in Uptown.