<prompt> Human: Hello everyone,My fiance and I are planning to moving down to Maryland in the next few months. Ive done quite a bit of apartment searching and have narrowed the choices to a handful of apartment complexes which fit our needs. These choices fall into the 1500-1900month rent range depending on the complex. This fits within our planned budget and each complex is no more than 30 minutes driving distance to where I plan on working.However, continuing the search Ive found other places further away that also fit our needs for as low as 1100month. The driving distance increases to up to 1 hour 15 minutes away one-way to my place of employment.We dont plan on living there forever. The reason were choosing an apartment right now is that we want to save up for a down payment on a house that we plan on getting in the next 4-5 years. Our combined take home pay is around 80kyear.Im curious if anyone has ever been in a situation like this where they went with a place with a longer drive to work to cut down on living expenses and if you can share any insights you may have. Im okay with the idea of a long drive to work, especially since well be able to put more money away for the down payment than with our initial set of choices. There is an additional benefit of the longer drive places will be 2 bedroom apartments whereas the closer ones are 1 bedrooms.Any words of wisdom would be appreciated. Thanks for your responses!tl;dr should I drive up to 1.25 hours each way to work if itll save hundreds a month on rent?Assistant: Is your time worth savings 400 a month? Youre adding 1.5 hours a day to your commute, plus gas costs. Is that tolerable for you?Human: Im actually okay with the idea of the long drive. I enjoy driving and with an unlimited data plan with T-Mobile, I can easily shuffle play music or listen to podcasts on my way back and forth. The extra 400 a month would actually allow us to save up much faster than we originally planned.There will definitely be increased gas costs, but our current vehicle gets 30 miles per gallon and is relatively new so its not a major impact.  <response>: The true cost of driving a small sedan is at least 46 cents per mile according to AAA when you factor in depreciation, wear and tear, gas, insurance, etc. 