Your time (well, mine, anyway – I think most people’s) is vastly more important than the size of the house you live in.
The only time I had a commute longer than about 17 minutes in my 34-year career was when I worked in Ontario. This was the ’80s, and the smog was really bad, and plus I really didn’t like the area. I lived in Canyon Lake, which was about a 45-minute drive. A beautiful ski lake with mostly fresh air. There’s nothing like that anywhere near(er) Ontario, and it was worth the hour extra out of every work day (over the 1/2 hour I’d have spent driving on a 15-minute commute).
Short of a rather drastic improvement in lifestyle such as the above, I can’t see spending hours per day on a long commute. This is your life we’re talking about.
