It can be an hour to get to work if you live in SF. Just depends where you live and where you work (commute from the Sunset by bus to the FiDi - it’s going to take close to an hour).

Whereas I live in Oakland and door to door it’s about 45mins if I time it right.

So I’m not sure what your objection is. Working in a big city (be it SF, NYC, or London) means you’ll have commute time.