I work at a 50,000 person company. The powers that be want everyone to be in the office at least 3 days a week. Those offices are in expensive major cities in t

I work at a 50,000 person company. The powers that be want everyone to be in the office at least 3 days a week. Those offices are in expensive major cities in the US. Some people 'make it work' by living an 1+ hr commute away from the offices. I'm sure this is rinse and repeat around the country for people that a) might like the work they're doing and b) have it dictated from above that they have to be close to a major metro area. Congrats on whatever opportunities you've made work for you but many people are tied to where they are due to onerous management, community, family etc. We are not the highly mobile society of even two decades ago and the false promises of mobile technology haven't truly been fulfilled. We got close during COVID but business interests and human nature got in the way of fulfilling what people on this forum have been touting for a decade or more with remote work.