An hour by train is an hour of relaxation or productive work
I think this depends a lot on whether it is during rush hour or not. I spent three months commuting ~60 minutes into the city from Long Island when I attended a coding bootcamp. Taking the train during rush hour was always a hectic, very much not relaxing experience. I tried to do work on my laptop, but it was always crowded and awkward and at some point I just gave up. The other people I know who commute into the city say the same thing.
On the other hand, if you’re taking the train eg. at 1pm or something, that I’ve found is usually a pleasant experience.
PS: On Friday and Saturday nights, it can be quite annoying dealing with the drunk partiers.
Yep, ‘work outside the city and have fun inside it’ is my model, and is part of why I’d expect the train ride to be nice. E.g., I could imagine getting a hotel room and spending Saturdays in the city.
One of my co-workers estimated the cost of ‘book a hotel room every Saturday night in Manhattan and thus effectively live there on weekends’ at $1,000 / month.
I’ve been traveling into the city for social reasons and have found good hotels at under $150 / night reliably. You’d want a hotel rather than AirBnB because cleaning fees make AirBnBs bad for one night stays.
I think this depends a lot on whether it is during rush hour or not. I spent three months commuting ~60 minutes into the city from Long Island when I attended a coding bootcamp. Taking the train during rush hour was always a hectic, very much not relaxing experience. I tried to do work on my laptop, but it was always crowded and awkward and at some point I just gave up. The other people I know who commute into the city say the same thing.
On the other hand, if you’re taking the train eg. at 1pm or something, that I’ve found is usually a pleasant experience.
PS: On Friday and Saturday nights, it can be quite annoying dealing with the drunk partiers.
Seeing as MIRIans will be working outside the city and having fun inside it (regardless of where they live), they won’t be traveling with the rush.
Ah, good point.
Yep, ‘work outside the city and have fun inside it’ is my model, and is part of why I’d expect the train ride to be nice. E.g., I could imagine getting a hotel room and spending Saturdays in the city.
One of my co-workers estimated the cost of ‘book a hotel room every Saturday night in Manhattan and thus effectively live there on weekends’ at $1,000 / month.
I’ve been traveling into the city for social reasons and have found good hotels at under $150 / night reliably. You’d want a hotel rather than AirBnB because cleaning fees make AirBnBs bad for one night stays.