Before I retired, I commuted everyday to Chicago from the suburbs in Downers Grove, to get to work at UIC. I would take either I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) or I-94 (Eisenhower Expressway). Both sucked, and as I lived in the Western suburbs, I would have the setting sun poking me in the eye on the way home everyday the sun was out. Did that for years; the traffic was usually horrendous, and on a snowy day, it could take me up to 2 hours or more to get home. So glad I am now retired and only have to “deal” with it when watching the poor saps on the evening news traffic reports.
Quick correction, the Ike is I-90, not 94, 94 is the Kennedy.
I kept my job in Chicago at 93rd & Stoney Island after moving to Downers Grove. Because the job was astoundingly great. But the commute....35 miles each way on Dan Ryan & Stevenson was a pain. But I was young & healthy so handled it. With my 9 hour work day it was 12 hours away from our gorgeous condo in Lake in the Woods. After 17 years of this, jumped on a job offer from Argonne National Labs! Could go home for lunch with the 5=6 minute commute.