Highkey why I decided to move out of my parent's place after almost 2 years of a similar 4-hour commute day. I had no life, no friends, and it actually drove my

Highkey why I decided to move out of my parent's place after almost 2 years of a similar 4-hour commute day. I had no life, no friends, and it actually drove my relationship at the time into the shitter. Doesn't help that rent in my metro area ain't cheap but I was able to score a relatively cheap apartment that makes my commute 35-40 mins each way. I suppose since I work remote I'm not getting my money's worth but this is still a better way for me to live. My dad did this commute for around 11 years, got laid off, got a job a half hour drive away and his QoL is drastically improved. If housing were more accessible where jobs were (or if public infrastructure was improved to drastically increase throughput/efficiency) we would probably be much happier- we'd probably be even happier if we just bit the bullet and went as remote as possible or chose 4 day workweeks, and to be quite honest it's probably easier at a macro level to force that kind of change than to figure out a way to fit more sardines into electric cars in tubes.