I'm a 21 year old planning to graduate in 2016 and have a job lined up (bonuses in all ~100k). I've made my mind up that I'm going back to SF and it's a matter of deciding where to live. 

1) I could commute from home and that would a little less than 2 hours round trip. There would be no rent, no food cost just eating out, gas, and parking (200/month)

2) I could live in a tiny apartment with roommates probably and have a shorter 10-20min commute no parking fee cause I'd metro (subsidized). Max rent I'd probably pay is $1000/ month. 

My long term plan is to work 3-4 years at this firm and go get my master's so I'd like to save up some money for that though that degree will also be subsidized. 

Is it really worth saving that money for the extra commute? 

4 weeks, 20 days of work, 40 hours a month, $800/month -> $20/hr which is pretty dang good for just driving and listening to podcasts.. but I've never done this before so just want some insights into is it worth it. 

I'm not a person that values his time immensely, I eat, workout, read emails, facebook, I'm not a hardcore gamer or anything that would gain infinite utility from the added marginal time. All my friends will be in downtown.
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I'm 21, do I commute or live in a tiny
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I'm a 21 year old planning to graduate in 2016 and have a job lined up (bonuses in all ~100k). I've made my mind up that I'm going back to SF and it's a matter of deciding where to live. 

1) I could commute from home and that would a little less than 2 hours round trip. There would be no rent, no food cost just eating out, gas, and parking (200/month)

2) I could live in a tiny apartment with roommates probably and have a shorter 10-20min commute no parking fee cause I'd metro (subsidized). Max rent I'd probably pay is $1000/ month. 

My long term plan is to work 3-4 years at this firm and go get my master's so I'd like to save up some money for that though that degree will also be subsidized. 

Is it really worth saving that money for the extra commute? 

4 weeks, 20 days of work, 40 hours a month, $800/month -> $20/hr which is pretty dang good for just driving and listening to podcasts.. but I've never done this before so just want some insights into is it worth it. 

I'm not a person that values his time immensely, I eat, workout, read emails, facebook, I'm not a hardcore gamer or anything that would gain infinite utility from the added marginal time. All my friends will be in downtown.
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I'm going back to SF and I'm not sure if
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