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Originally Posted by J_M_Tungsten
^anf if you need to report to work at 700, what time train would one need to be on? 445am? I did the whole metro/shuttle thing for over a year from st Charles. Worst year ever. Exhausted everyday because I had to wake up so early. Thankfully, that dreadful year pushed me into my decision to move to the city, so guess I can't complain now.
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well, a big part of your former metra misery is the fact that st. charles is located in fucking nebraska.
if you live in a normal suburb like, oh let's say des plaines, then you can catch a morning express metra train that will get you to oglivie in 28 minutes. if you live 6 blocks from the metra station in des plaines, and you work at McD's in the west loop (6 blocks from ogilvie), then tack on a 3 minute bike ride to the front and back ends of the train ride and you're looking at 34 minutes of commuting, which is hardly an onerous amount of time to spend commuting in a metro area as vast and sprawled as chicagoland is.