If they are making a choice of having a longer commute when a shorter one is available then it's hard for me to feel bad for them when their commute becomes eve

If they are making a choice of having a longer commute when a shorter one is available then it's hard for me to feel bad for them when their commute becomes even longer. Mixed use zoning makes commute shorter for most people, if someone chooses to live far away and gets punished for it then that's fair game.