Originally Posted by
DontLookDown
Where I’m from a 30 minute commute is about average for most people, so what I described doesn’t sound that expensive to me.
If a typical 9-5 job involves a 30 minute commute to and from work 5 days a week you spend 5 hours in the car every week commuting.
If you drive 3 hours to work, fly a 4 day trip and then drive 3 hours home you spent 6 hours in the car commuting. So it might be slightly worse than average, but I think it would still be worth not stressing over trying to commute by airplane.
Definitely no big deal by 9-to-5 standards as far as total time in your car, the potential issue with a long drive is typically circadian impact either before or after a long flying day.