my dad almost went through with a commute like this. he worked at dupont in the pharmaceutical division for 20 years, until dupont sold of the pharmaceutical section to bristol mayers squibb. bms wasn't going to operate in delaware, so my dad had the choice of joining bristol myers quibb in northern new jersey, or retiring. one of the options he looked at was commuting from our place in delaware to new brunswick, new jersey. this would mean a 30 minute drive to the train station in wilmington, then a 2 hour train ride to new brunswick. in the end, he decided to "retire", then find a new job in the wilmington area. as the father of 6 kids (me being the oldest, and i was still in college while this went on 2 years ago), he would lose too much time on trains and in his car. that time was too valuable, and would be better suited for being with the family, whether it be picking up the littler ones from swimming, or just plain old family time; or equally important, for sleeping. while working for a big company would benefit him and the family more, the lifestyle would just be too much on him, and he would most likely lose productivity.