A growing number of people are traveling really long distances to work.

Researchers call them "super-commuters." Many of them travel hundreds of miles from their homes to work. They take a combination of cars, planes, trains and buses to get from home to the office.

New York University's Rudin Center for Transportation reports from 2002 to 2009 the number of super-commuters grew in eight of the 10 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. They grew in the Philadelphia area by more than 50 percent during that period.

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1. Archer_of_the_Forest wrote: I commute exactly 24 feet from the rectory to the church building. February 27, 10:56 pm | [comment link]

2. clarin wrote: #1 - reminds me of the story I read (in Stott, I believe in preaching) of the minister who boasted he could work out his sermons in the time it took to walk from manse to church. So the elders got him a house 5 miles away. February 28, 3:01 am | [comment link]

3. Archer_of_the_Forest wrote: I have one about that good. I forgot to print my sermon on Sunday, and I realized it as we were processing in. I scooted out the back way, printed my sermon, and was back in the Church before they had finished singing the Gloria. No one ever knew… February 28, 6:21 am | [comment link]

4. Bookworm(God keep Snarkster) wrote: You guys are giving away all the trade secrets… February 28, 11:30 am | [comment link]

5. Katherine wrote: My husband commuted between the US and Switzerland for ten years. February 28, 10:04 pm | [comment link]

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