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.<p>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).