Kyle Rice, a father of two who lives in suburban Delaware, spends over $1,500 a month and travels across four states in the US, spanning over 202 kilometres, to reach his office in New York City.
The upside – he gets to maintain the lifestyle he desires.
“Come with me as I do a super commuter from Wilmington to my job in Manhattan in New York City,” Kyle Rice, an EMS software developer from New Castle, Delaware, is heard saying in his video that has gone viral on TikTok.
Around 1.4 million TikTok viewers watched his two-hour trek from home to office. Rice catches the 6:00 am train from Delaware, through Pennsylvania, New Jersey and into New York and is among the growing number of 9-to-5ers who sacrifice their comforts of living in the suburbs of the big city to earn a living.
He says he is compensated well because he earns a six-figure salary.
A report by the New York Post reveals that it is not just Rice but other office-goers as well as business owners who are following this route. The report narrated stories of New York beautician Kaitlin Jay, 30, who travels 1,127 kilometres from her home in Charlotte, North Carolina into the city to her shop where she charges $100 per head for hairstyling.
It also spoke to journalist Chip Cutter who travels from Ohio capital Columbus to New York City thrice a week because of his high-paying role at a newspaper.
“I don’t have to worry about the high cost of living in NYC. The average one-bedroom in Manhattan is $4,443, three times my mortgage of $1,400. I live in a suburban area with all the benefits of urban pay,” Rice told Business Insider. He served as a critical care paramedic in Delaware for 15 years before joining his new high-paying role in New York City.
Despite his passion for treating patients, the longtime ambulance attendant wanted to delve into the tech side of EMS healthcare at Muru—a company in the Financial District that offers an app for protocol management to medical providers.
Rice, who has doubled his annual income since taking the role, makes the lengthy, twice-weekly journey to fulfil his job responsibilities.
“I leave my house at 6:15 a.m. and drive eight minutes to the train station in Wilmington to catch the 6:33 a.m. Amtrak train to Newark Penn Station. The ride is around an hour and 37 minutes,” he said.
Rice also said that oftentimes he is the first to reach office and highlighted that his commute time is lesser than someone who lives in New York.
“I calculated my commute versus someone living in Long Island. It came out to be roughly the same amount of time,” he said.
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