<prompt> Human: Currently I live with my parents, but recently got a new job making around 38K a year before taxes 45 miles away from home. It takes about 2 hours each way so in addition to putting a lot of miles on my car, I am spending around 80week on gas. My boyfriend, who works in the same city as me, is currently living with his parents about a 25 mile drive making 41K a year before taxes. We have been talking about moving out for a while now, but arent sure if we are able to do it. I have 30K in student loans and the minimum payment is 100month, but I have been trying to pay off more each month. I also have about 4K in credit card debt, but should be done paying that soon and I have no other debt. Boyfriend has no debt and no student loans. In Orange County where we plan to move average price for a one bedroom in 1500, not including utilities. Also, forgot to mention we both have about 8K in our savings.Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Assistant: Maybe? Not a financial pro, so my advice is coming from the approach of lifestyle vs saving some money. 2 hr commute each way is huge 80week is a lot of money. Using 1,500month rent stat you gave, that is almost 3 months of rent in gas. Personally, I would move. You would get 4 hrs a day back. The trade off in lifestyle would be huge.Plus, gives you time to work part time or pick up odd jobs or whatever to make extra money if you wanted. Human: I think this is part of the reason why I am not sure if I should move out or not. I would definitely be saving a lot of money by staying with my parents, but the 2 hour drive is almost unbearable. I wake up at 4:45am to leave the house by 6 and I usually dont get home until 6:30-7pm. I barely have time to do anything before its time to go to sleep and wake up again.  <response>: I would definitely say move out, that sounds wildly unpleasant. Any middle ground suburb, with some more manageable commute and not 1500 rents? 