If your employer requires you to report to an office to work, then they are indirectly dictating where you live based on the salary they pay you. It is rational

If your employer requires you to report to an office to work, then they are indirectly dictating where you live based on the salary they pay you. It is rational for people to live in the best / most convenient place they can afford to. Why else would the people cleaning your office live an hour or more away, while senior employees can live a only short walk / bike / drive away?