by Patrick Appel
That's what Richard Florida suggests. Avent dilutes this:
Commutes of [over an hour] are relatively rare, and they’re also associated with declining incomes. Someone who has a two-hour commute experiences much more stress than someone with a 46-60 minute commute (who is roughly as stressed as someone with a 21-30 minute commute). They might be stressed by the commute, or they might be stressed by the set of circumstances that led them to live so far away from their job — low income levels in an expensive city, economically-induced household immobility, and so on.
The Dish 