Those numbers actually aren't too compelling. 25 years * 5 days a week * 48 working weeks a year = 6000 hours spent commuting. Assuming 8 hours sleeping and 8

Those numbers actually aren't too compelling. 25 years * 5 days a week * 48 working weeks a year = 6000 hours spent commuting. Assuming 8 hours sleeping and 8 hours working, those 6k translate to 375 days worth of waking hours and 750 days worth of non-work hours. Alternatively, you could devote those 6K hours entirely to working and get the equivalent of 3.125 extra working years over that time (6000 / (48 * 8 * 5) = 3.125), which should exceed a nominal $180K pretty easily.