Sorta OT: I really like the view from my office balcony...

[pixelchemist]

was out there playing acoustic for a little while after work today waiting for the traffic to die down for my drive home (yes i am crazy and drive to work every day in NYC and pay dearly for it). It always seems peaceful to me despite it being anything but. I love when the weather starts getting colder as the sky gets so much more interesting. Anyways I snapped a few photos before i took off. One with my Canon EOS7D and one blurry panorama with my Phone (Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S).

 

[mnewb1]

That is a cool picture.

 

But I would hate to commute there.

[pixelchemist]

commute isn't so bad... takes me about 40 minutes in traffic or 14 minutes if i time it right into the city... the outbound if I leave at 6pm sharp is about 20 minutes if not I wait until around 8 and its 15 minutes (7pm is about 45min-1hr). I get more done from 6-8 than i get done the rest of the day though so I don't mind it much... the part that sucks is the cost... i pay around 38 bucks a day with tolls, gas, parking.

[headless]

That is a cool picture. But I would hate to commute there.

 

 

I heard Geraldo Rivera interviewed recently (I was forced to listen at gun-point) and he said that he often commutes to work in New York via his boat.

 

I guess he lives right on the water (the Hudson?), and just avoids the street traffic by cruising down the river.

 

Of course, I'm sure his house on the water ain't cheap.

 

He'd really have my admiration if he used a submarine.

[Slave2TheAudio]

Looks beautyyyyyful. I would love to live in NYC. I love the city and the challenge to make myself larger than life someday lies somewhere in that city for me, someday.

[Roy]

commute isn't so bad... takes me about 40 minutes in traffic or 14 minutes if i time it right into the city... the outbound if I leave at 6pm sharp is about 20 minutes if not I wait until around 8 and its 15 minutes (7pm is about 45min-1hr). I get more done from 6-8 than i get done the rest of the day though so I don't mind it much... the part that sucks is the cost... i pay around 38 bucks a day with tolls, gas, parking.

 

 

 

let's see.... a nice 335 is about $2,500... tacka ticka ticka.... 38 bucks a day... ticka ticka... train fare is about a buck and a half... ticka ticka ticka ticka ticka ticka ticka .....

 

you realize you could have another Gibson 335 every 2 1/2 months if you took the train, prolly sooner if you calculate in the cost of just owning a car.

[seven58]

Cool picture.

 

Eye opening math Roy.

[magentaplacenta]

i pay around 38 bucks a day with tolls, gas, parking.

 

 

You're paying $750/month to commute?

[nuke_diver]

your office has a balcony!...damn

Best place I had was my office in Santa Cruz that had a ocean view ...sadly they closed that plant almost 10 years ago

Now if I stand a look out the windows 4 cubes over I get a lovely view of a parking lot ...could be worse some offices don't have any windows around at all

[pixelchemist]

You're paying $750/month to commute?

 

 

sucks... i would only end up saving around 100 bucks a month to not drive in and take the train/cabs/walking (would still have to pay to park at the train station)

 

Driving is much more enjoyable commute despite the cost and it works on my schedule not dealing with the damn trains.

 

I could save a lot by taking the bus in but i did that for 3 years already and well "f" that especially in the summer.

[knotty]

Not my picture but my veiw before moving out of London.

[ashasha]

You know I think that's just something that I'd enjoy looking at from a window a lot more than I'd enjoy being down in it.

 

I'm 6 miles door to door from work and I was planning on keeping it that way longterm. Looks like we are going to move next year so I am just hoping that I can keep my commute time down to the sub 20 minute level.

 

I transform into a horrible person when I am behind the wheel of a car.

[Will Chen]

I have a minimum of 30 minutes commute in the morning and 45 min to an hour in the evening...and my office view isn't 1/10th as nice.

[Willyguitar]

not as good as the view from my penthouse in Provence.

[mrbrown49]

[metallica_00]

That's nice. I spent some time living in NYC (Battery Park and Brooklyn Heights) while doing internships during college...fun place but it's too zoo-ey for me. I like Boston and my free 20 minute walk through the Public Garden to work

 

Unfortunately, my cubicle doesn't have a view, let alone a balcony

[benzem]

That is beautiful! I could deal with that. Playing guitar up there must be very inspiring.

[Mark Wein]

Stunning picture...I love New York.

[RipVanWinkle]

 

 

Hey cool man. I shoot a 7D as well. I upgraded from a 30D in October and LOVE it. What lens did you use?

[pixelchemist]

that was just with a 28-135 IS USM nothing fancy... that's my kick around all purpose lens for when I don't feel like lugging my camera bag around.

[pixelchemist]

That's nice. I spent some time living in NYC (Battery Park and Brooklyn Heights) while doing internships during college...fun place but it's too zoo-ey for me. I like Boston and my free 20 minute walk through the Public Garden to work Unfortunately, my cubicle doesn't have a view, let alone a balcony

I grew up just outside of Boston, lived there for 24 years, my fam is all still around there... by far my favorite city... the good paychecks for my profession are all in New York though so that's where I am for now.

I have been here for about 5 or 6 years figure I will stay another couple years then sell my house when the market is a bit better and move back north, probably North Shore MA somewhere. That is if I don't end up overseas first. If some things pan out that I have in the works I may be relocating to Manila, Philippines early next year.

[diceman1000]

cool pic bud... NYC scare the bejeezus outta me though...