[netman21]

I used to do this when I was an executive at a software firm in Boulder, Colorado. I maintained a home in another state but commuted to Boulder every week. For a while I had a great deal on a shared condo but when the owner sold it I was faced with staying in hotels or... sleeping in my cubicle under the desk. There was a shower for employees so I would just get up early and be ready to go by 6 am. No one ever discovered me in my sleeping bag.

[marktangotango]

Why didn't you telecommute? I've often considered taking a high salary job in a high cost of living area ie san francisco, boston, or new york. And maintaining a residence somewhere cheaper. If one could arrange a schedule of four ten hour days it might be doable.

The obvious problems are part time housing and travel ie air fare. How did you handle this? Has anyone done this?

[rpcope1]

It's funny, for a lot of us, affording living in most of Boulder County (bar Longmont) is unfeasible even on a decent engineering salary. It's still crazy to me that housing prices and affordability near Denver/Boulder are starting to go the way of the Bay Area.