There are a lot of dumbasses that assume the only costs that matter are housing so yeah, just move an hour away to pay less on a house is leaving out a bunch of other factors. Imagine you are in year 10 having to make your two hour round trip drive yet again, more if it’s bad enough rush hour traffic. And it’s not like you will just only go to your gooncave; the weekends are full of running errands, which are more long drives. About 10-15% of your life will be on the road. Assuming you get eight hours of sleep and work only eight hours at your job, having only a couple hours of free time per day sounds hellish, especially if you have a family.
Plus thanks to Trump’s losing Iran War, the cost of gas is higher than ever. If you’re a migger thinking moving far away is baste, then you’re the type of migger to get the biggest trugg you can get. So yeah, factor in a couple tanks of gas refills too. You ain’t no bitch ass pussy driving an electric car. You need to roll coal to own da libs so assume over $100 in gas per week.
The true cost of living in a rural area is higher than people claim. The true cost are the opportunity costs of a big chunk of uncompensated windshield time, cost of fuel, cost of missing out on your kid’s sports games because you’re stuck in rush hour traffic, etc.
WFH was a good way to mitigate all that but our Benevolent Billionaire Buddies don’t like that so the one way to make life more affordable was cut short.