Maybe its a soft-cap on commute times? People were fine driving 20 minutes instead of 10, 30 instead of 20 and so on if it meant they got to live in nice suburb

Maybe its a soft-cap on commute times? People were fine driving 20 minutes instead of 10, 30 instead of 20 and so on if it meant they got to live in nice suburbs. But now staring down the barrel of an hour commute or more people aren't willing to continue moving further and further out. Purely speculation of course.