I drive every day, and I've made it a point to pick places to live that are near-ish to where I work. Current commute is right around 15 minutes, but, I've live

I drive every day, and I've made it a point to pick places to live that are near-ish to where I work. Current commute is right around 15 minutes, but, I've lived places an hour from work, commuting every day. It wasn't the best, mainly from a time-optimization standpoint, got in the way of socialization, but, I listened to a ton of audiobooks and podcasts, so, wasn't exactly suffering in any way. Personally, I don't spend that much time "plugged in" to my phone these days. I don't have social media (HN is as close as it gets), and I keep most of my e-socializing to group messages between various friend groups on signal. So an hour on a train/bus/etc would likely be too much downtime for me. I do have an uncle who lives in Chicago, at the end of the line, train wise, so, it's over an hour to get into the city. He just catches the train and goes to sleep, because he's riding the whole thing to the end, sets an alarm, earbuds in, +1hour nap. Nice side benefit, but, truth is, he'd drive if he could, but the way chicago is laid out, he'd be walking a half mile from parking, and it's only like a 2 block walk from the end of the line to get to his work, so, makes alot of sense for him. For most, makes zero sense. Understand that, time is the only truly non-renewable resource. Everything else can be replaced, somehow, someway, but time is irreplaceable. Ultimately, if you're going to have universally viable public transport, it needs to be clean, safe, comfortable, and at least as fast as owning a car. So far, after decades of advancement, it's still none of those things for most people.