LemurCat04 t1_j279qhu wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:50 AM

Reply to comment by ElReydepiedra in Is it feasible to commute to Manhattan from Middletown/Red Bank. If so, what’s the best way to commute? by nopienopenopenope

Ehhh. Been doing longer for 20+ years. You get used to it. It’s definitely not for everyone though.

philly_allen t1_j29aax8 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:06 PM

Yeah my friends’ dads did it for their entire careers before retiring, on the Ferry though. There’s a reason Middletown lost the second highest of residents to 9/11 after NYC, huge commuter town.

LemurCat04 t1_j29d6n7 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:25 PM

I remember finally getting on a train out of Penn and coming down the line and the cars already taped off from the people they knew weren’t coming home.