marblehead commute killing me (Boston, Chelmsford: living, moving, car)

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Originally Posted by cwaggy

If I were in Marblehead and someone asked me "How can I get to Chelmsford?" I'd say "You can't get there from here."

LOL, come on, it's not that bad. I have coworkers in the office who come in from 4 different states!

[traffic_lover]

From what I hear, I need to stop complaining b/c Im not alone. Will stay put (for now). My wife thanks you.
Very useful feedback on the commute to shrews.

[mass100]

First-I love where you live now. My husband I and I love the North Shore and take many day trips to that area!
Second-Commute sounds crazy...
You are going to want to not get home and be miserable from a commute.
My husband used to have a horrible commute, taking 90 to 95 and going through the toll booth area at that 90-95 change. He tried not to complain but I hated the commute for him. We moved to a town that suited my needs more-able to get a bigger house and more rural and now we each have about a 35-45 minute commute and he could not be happier!
You can always visit the area you love and still love where you live! BTW-we live in Stow and could not be happier [but taxes are really high]

[gf2020]

That commute doesn't sound too bad. I'm curious what your route home is, however. I have an office in Billerica not far from Chelmsford and I drive home to Lynnfield. I almost always take back roads and it's about 35 minutes. Depending where you are in Marblehead, I could make it there in about 60 minutes easily. You should be cutting across Wilmington, North Reading, Peabody to get home, stay off the highways.

My brother-in-law lives in Marblehead and commutes to Framingham. Now that can be a bad commute.

50 minutes each way is the average Boston area commute time.

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Originally Posted by mass100

First-I love where you live now. My husband I and I love the North Shore and take many day trips to that area!
Second-Commute sounds crazy...
You are going to want to not get home and be miserable from a commute.
My husband used to have a horrible commute, taking 90 to 95 and going through the toll booth area at that 90-95 change. He tried not to complain but I hated the commute for him. We moved to a town that suited my needs more-able to get a bigger house and more rural and now we each have about a 35-45 minute commute and he could not be happier!
You can always visit the area you love and still love where you live! BTW-we live in Stow and could not be happier [but taxes are really high]

Do you have kids? My wife and I used to have more even commutes, but we deliberately chose to move to a town which gives my wife a 10 minute commute, while increasing mine to 1 hour 15 minutes. Once you have kids in school it's better to have 1 parent near the kids. She can pick up, drop off, take the kids to doctors appointments, sports practices and get the kids during the day if (when) they have a fever. When both parents have a 35-45 min commute it's much harder to do this and unfortunately there will be fights about who has to take off work to get the kids.

[traffic_lover]

Originally Posted by gf2020

That commute doesn't sound too bad. I'm curious what your route home is, however. I have an office in Billerica not far from Chelmsford and I drive home to Lynnfield. I almost always take back roads and it's about 35 minutes. Depending where you are in Marblehead, I could make it there in about 60 minutes easily. You should be cutting across Wilmington, North Reading, Peabody to get home, stay off the highway

yes, i go that back route when 128 and 495 are both red (or black dots). its a really nice drive thru n reading, lynnfield, & WEST peabody....then the wheels fall off. crossing peabody at PM rush takes an act of god. until i moved to n. shore i hadnt ever seen congestion like that, & i grew up in E.Mass. the day-to-day variation baffles me too...weather and day of week being equal

[bler144]

What route are you using to cross Peabody?

[dtopaz]

I worked in Chelmsford (at Kronos) for 12 years. Most of my co-workers had commutes of 20-40 minutes.

I had a much shorter commute (less than 10 minutes), and the short commute was one of the reasons I never seriously considered looking for another job. It's a quality-of-life issue.

There are lots and lots of nice places to live -- Groton is a beautiful town. (Have you looked at Westford, BTW?) Spending 10-12 hours/week driving to/from work is way too big an expense for me.

[Scriptkitten]

I think cutting commute time can be life changing.

My husband was losing his mind over the commute from near hanscom to the south end. It was a reverse commute but still unbearable for him as he felt he was missing his kids lives.

We moved 6 minutes from him job and while we loved city living, he's so much happier now.

Why not move to Chelmsford or Westford or Carlisle?

[traffic_lover]

Originally Posted by bler144

What route are you using to cross Peabody?

it depends if im coming in backroads (via lynnfield) or 128. if 128 i take 114 exit and go central to walnut st to cut to salem. not exactly a hidden secret.

if backroads im kinda clueless. i take lowell st the whole way. is this dumb?