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&lt;p&gt;When it comes to commuting, there&#39;s a growing body of research that suggests that less is more. Not only are they an incredible time-suck, long commutes are bad for you in any number of ways:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They&#39;re &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/06/health/commute-bad-for-you/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;bad for your health&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They&#39;re &lt;a href=&quot;/blog/workplace-issues/long-commutes-hard-on-your-marriage/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;bad for your marriage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And they&#39;re &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/commuting-driving-women-workforce/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;worse for women than men&lt;/a&gt;.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As someone who makes the daily schlep from Long Island to Manhattan via public transport, I can also attest that a 60+ minute one-way commute is bad for your ability to stay in bed in the morning, terrible for your wallet, and a constant source of existential angst (surely life is too short to spend so much of it in a metal tube crawling back and forth between work and home).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So if avoiding all of that seems like a good idea, you might want to cross the following locations off your job search list, courtesy of the folks at Statista:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.statista.com/chart/4504/which-us-cities-have-the-longest-commutes/&quot; title=&quot;infographic: which u.s. cities have the longest commutes | statista&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://d28wbuch0jlv7v.cloudfront.net/images/infografik/normal/chartoftheday_4504_which_us_cities_have_the_longest_commutes_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Infographic: Which U.S. Cities Have The Longest Commutes | Statista&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%; height: auto !important; max-width: 960px; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bad news if you&#39;re looking to work in a major metro area in the US, I guess--quite a few of them have been ruled out, although Boston and Seattle are still viable options, along with almost anywhere not located on a coast.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, maybe you&#39;re the sort of person who likes the time and space that commuting offers for thinking or other activities. In which case, feel free to treat the above list as a guide to the places where you&#39;ll get to spend most time reading, listening to podcasts and audiobooks, and Instagramming pictures of people doing inappropriate personal grooming in public.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related on Vault:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/workplace-issues/are-long-hours-good-for-your-career/&quot;&gt;Are Long Hours Good for Your Career?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/workplace-issues/switch-off-sleep-moresucceed/&quot;&gt;Switch Off, Sleep More...Succeed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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