[anarazel]

> People do vary in their subjective valuation of a long commute. I probably do consider it to be less of a problem than most people. But do people really consider it to be worth nearly $2k-$3k a month?

Yes. Two hours of commute every day make me extremely impatient and unhappy. And grump with coworkers and just generally fellow humans. Even 30min one-way, especially on BART, would make me unhappy. 30min on a bike is OK though.

If it were on a nice train, with seating and desks (to work on a laptop), it'd be a bit different. But BART definitely isn't that.

Before I started to mostly WFH, I had a ~7 min bike ride to work, that was fairly nice.

> Its not unreasonable to expect transportation to get better over time, either.

Do you see any realistic signs that BART into the city will become meaningfully faster or more pleasant in the next ~10 years?