Although not directly mortgage related, this article caught my eye. Financial Post:  IS this long-distance commute worth the expense? ,mainly because I used to have to commute. 

I used to drive from South Langley to West Vancouver.  I was in traffic anywhere from 2.5 hours to 4 hours a day.  At the time, I didn’t mind because I was starting my career, and got to work with a great mentor…so this was the distance I had to travel.  Not to mention, I had no children.  There were some moves in the meantime getting myself a bit closer, which got me down to an hour each way.  I even tried leaving a 5am and this actually shrunk the commute in the morning to 30 minutes!

However, there was always a strain on my family/personal life.  If I didn’t leave early to get home, I wasn’t home until 7 – 8pm.  If I did leave early, I got home around 5…but then was exhausted at 8pm from being up at 4:30am.

Fortunately for me, eventually I was able to move my work closer to home.  It is now 8 years later.  I work about 5 minutes from home.  I also now have two small children.  I would not trade my time with them each day for anything…especially not a commute.

Everybody’s circumstances and desires are different.  Some don’t have the choice to move their job.

How far do you commute?  Is it worth it?