Long daily commutes in single-occupancy motor vehicles are on the short list of sources of society's greatest miseries, problems, and failures. There are ways

Long daily commutes in single-occupancy motor vehicles are on the short list of sources of society's greatest miseries, problems, and failures. There are ways to make commutes meaningful, like a beautiful bike ride along the river or a couple mile walk or carpooling with friends or good podcast/audio-book/music during a drive… but even with all this, long commutes eat up so much of life. Add in the insanely massive list of ills caused by car-centric life and infrastructure… Probably the right balance is something like working one or two days a week in an office with appropriate flexibility on how to use the space. I dunno. Meanwhile, people should put much higher priority on living close to work, above most other considerations about where to live.