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Fortune
Jane Thier

NYC super commuters travel up to 5 hours round-trip to the office say it's worth it

Zachary Kaminsky (Credit: Courtesy of Zach Kaminsky)

An hour before dawn on any given Tuesday across the tristate area, the lights are on and the coffee is brewing. 

In Wilton, a small Connecticut farming town, Zach Kaminsky is up at 5:30 a.m., pouring himself a mug while watching NBC News. The 24-year-old PR account executive travels by train and multiple subway lines to his lower Manhattan office—45 miles as the crow flies, but it takes two hours and fifteen minutes door to door. 

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