Really frustrating that instead of moving towards making city centers cheaper to live in and attract more local customers that way, municipal govts and corporat

Really frustrating that instead of moving towards making city centers cheaper to live in and attract more local customers that way, municipal govts and corporations want to just force working-class people to waste time and money commuting on infrastructure already well past its carrying capacity. More and more working professionals I know are essentially forced to live dozens of miles away from where they work in a heavily urbanized area, or give up the dream of ever owning a house.