Commuting is about attitude. Plenty of people don't mind, or even enjoy, their commutes. The future is clearly office hotels paired with remote work. Go in the

Commuting is about attitude. Plenty of people don't mind, or even enjoy, their commutes. The future is clearly office hotels paired with remote work. Go in the office a couple of times a week to reconnect personally. Work from home the rest of the time. It's the ideal mix. Company gets to reduce their real estate requirements due to hoteling: what is an office, these days, anyways? You don't need your family photos all over your desk. You need a laptop and a phone - grab a desk and get to work. When you aren't in the office, someone else is using that desk. Corporations invented airbnb long ago. Certain areas are quite conducive to this lifestyle. NYC metro area, for example. There are quite beautiful villages in upstate NY sitting on a Metro-North stop, about 1.5 hours from Grand Central. If you only had to do that twice a week, it's completely manageable (especially in Autumn when you can gaze out the window on the Hudson Valley line at the incredible fall foliage).