I was a super commuter in my early 20s. I loved it...because I was in my early 20s. I never shelled out the money for an airline ticket and my work travel stipend only worked for Amtrak and subway.

I can't imagine doing it now at 40.

Pro - I did get a lot of work or sleeping done in the quiet car

Con - getting off work at 4 or 5 pm with an impending 3-hour commute in my future. Add in snow, rain, or obscenely hot weather and the commute was enough to make me want to stab my eyeballs out. Those were the only days I hated doing the commute.

I looked for a new job when my position shifted to needing me in NYC 3 days a week from 1 day a week. That 3 days bled into 4 and that was a hard no by the time I was nearing age 26 or 27.

I may have felt differently if my commute included a hotel. It did not unless a blizzard happened and transit shut down. If I had to be in the office M-W, I had to make that commute up and back each day or pay OOP for a hotel.