"Economists and other happiness researchers consistently find that longer commutes are associated with unhappiness. Yet people still pay quite a lot to live in

"Economists and other happiness researchers consistently find that longer commutes are associated with unhappiness. Yet people still pay quite a lot to live in far-flung exurbs." This feels like an over simplification — the article makes it sound like the individuals don't weigh the benefits correctly. Anecdotally know a few people in this position who do this because they have to get up earlier but their kids grow up beside woods & heaths rather than in suburbs/city. So you've people doing something which makes themselves unhappier because it makes their family happier (in theory) which they get happiness / satisfaction from.