The 405 in L.A. depresses me just thinking about it. I have turned down job offers in that area because of the 405 and adjacent roads. The 405 is ALWAYS clogged.

Regarding commutes, I "progressed" to a job that had a 3+ hour commute door-to-door. That's 3 hours there and 3 hours back. The commute included a train ride to the Silicon Valley. The worst part was that although I had the longest work day of anybody in the office, I was always the last to arrive and the first to leave. After about a year of that torture, I started my own home business with a 10 second commute to my home office.

I plan never to commute more than 15 minutes ever again. I will be happy living in a small studio apartment if I don't have to commute far. [/rant]