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Los Angeles. You buy a house and its a trade off between commute and cost per square foot. I HATE LIVING HERE. Often.

I spend 90 minutes in a car every day, and while I love my house, my commute, gas cost, lack of public transportation, etc sucks. It also forces everyone to be so insular. No one socializes outside of work because we have to drive forever to get home.

I had a glorious three years where I lived .75 miles from work and it made the town better.

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Some of my friends ended up joining community groups in their respective neighbourhood because driving outside of a certain area is a pain in the ass, putting greater emphasis on what's nearby. Granted, I know most people probably don't do that.

Why don't you move closer to work?

Million dollar houses, or small houses with no yards. We have to live in the burbs.

I also did live closer to work but changed jobs.

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