alt Hacker NewsI think I would actually. The tradeoff between commute time and housing location is one of the largest time/money/lifestyle decisions you constantly make over your professional life. If I expected my commute would be 30m+ every day by car, I believe I would take that trade in a heartbeat. I could completely decouple where I live from where I work.
I think that is the forbidden metagaming the parent comment is talking about. You'd still love and work in the same places and take commute time into account when choosing a place. You just wouldn't experience the commute.