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Extreme Commuter: 4 hours to school - each way

Jay Mundy's recent 21st birthday didn't end until 2 a.m. the following day.

That was the time Mundy arrived at his Monroe home in upstate New York after a 4 and a half commute from St. John's University in Jamaica Estates, where he studied journalism.

"I suppose my 21st birthday was a bit like others, what with coming home at 2 a.m. after a night in the city, ... but not because I...

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