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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know people who do it. They work very early - 6:30 to 3 - to make it work. Commuting at normal times would be terrible. [/quote]

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I should say the people I know who make this commute make use of the time. 
One takes bus / metro and watches Netflix or movies and the other two drive and enjoy the time as decompression (which I don’t totally understand because the drive can be stressful, but to each, his own…)[/quote]

If you aren’t running late or have flexible start time return home time, it can be relaxing especially with young kids at home.

He leaves in morning, and can get to work between 9 and 1030 without much problem (call into any morning meeting if traffic is bad). Leaves work at 5ish, but his wife has the kid pickup, dinner covered, and activities kid shuffling - all he has planned for the evening is his drive home; so if he gets stuck in traffic, just chill till it clears. I did this before kids and it wasn’t bad, and certainly less stressful than BigLaw. [/quote]
+1, I am one of the posters in the western exurbs with kids (also a lawyer) and the key is that at least one parent is working from home each day and that there is flexibility with start/end times to your workday when you are in the office. It’s really not that bad. I am also one of those people that can decompress from the workday in a car with a podcast. If you are like that too OP all of the posts from people telling you that the commute will kill you are not applicable. [/quote]

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