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From your other posts, it looks like you'll be working in Durham and potentially living in Wake Forest. If you're driving at rush-hour times, NC 98 can get pretty backed up coming out of Wake Forest in the morning and going back in the afternoon. My wife does the reverse commute (central Durham to WF in the morning, back in the evening), and it generally takes her about 30 minutes each way. She often makes comments about the heavy traffic headed in the other direction, too.
For your commute, I would expect about 45 minutes each way (less if you're starting on the western side of WF, more if you're coming from the east side of town). If there's an accident on 98, that could stretch to an hour or more since it's a two-lane highway for most of that trip.
Define doable/realistic - I've done 1 hour commutes before. It would be a 45-1 hour drive on 98 each way.
My husband and I would be moving from Chicago so the commute times here are quite lengthy (anything an hour or less is considered pretty decent). I'm spoiled right now with a 30 min commute, on the other hand he does an hour and a half commute.
45 min - to an hour would definitely be feasible......thank you fro the help!
My husband and I would be moving from Chicago so the commute times here are quite lengthy (anything an hour or less is considered pretty decent). I'm spoiled right now with a 30 min commute, on the other hand he does an hour and a half commute.
45 min - to an hour would definitely be feasible......thank you fro the help!
I grew up in Chicago, so I get it. But one of the best things about living here is that you can usually find what you're looking for closer. Like 20 minutes or less. If Wake Forest is close for one of you, go for it, but if not, why? I mean, its a lovely town but nothing about it seems to stand out to me regarding what it offers.
I guess the commute is doable, but you might get tired of it really quickly. I just scanned your other posts - congrats on working at American Tobacco campus - it's just the coolest.
Wake Forest is a lovely town but if it were me, I'd find it just too far for a twice a day commute when there are perfectly lovely and similar looking neighborhoods in Durham. Someone else would need to weigh in about schools - I don't have kids. But a lot of people who live in Durham do.
Make sure you do the drive at rush hour when you visit and take a full tour of Durham neighborhoods - definitely suggest renting for a while when you get here because it would be such a shame if you bought a house in Wake Forest only to find later that you really would like to live in Durham after all.
We live in Wake Forest (moved here 10 years ago from southern wake county - first holly springs, then cary/apex). Anyhow, my husband commutes to RTP every day and it takes about 45 minutes. So, it depends on where you are going in durham and where you live in wake forest!
We live on the west side of town, off of purnell road. We purposefully chose this area for ease of his commute - he doesn't have to get on 540 and goes the back way to the brier creek area. If you are in durham, and live in the purnell road area, then you can easily hit 85, and get to durham that way. We can get to Duke University in 35 minutes........
Same here Leigh. We are also off Purnell and my commute to RTP is about 27 miles, 35-40 mins. BUT, I see the traffic building earlier as time goes on. Here 4 years now and I have to hit 98 westbound before 7am. Another 30 minutes and it is jamming up real good at 6 Forks and then further on down through Durham.
Still we love it here. No 440/540 to deal with.
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