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> My morning commute is over 1 hour of driving ... into downtown Toronto

I can't understand why you'd attempt to drive into the centre of a major city in the first place. That seems like obviously a bad idea. Why are you trying to do that? Where do you even park? Isn't there a train you can take?

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There is. It would take over two hours of transit time for me. 10 minutes driving to a go station, 1 hour and a half on train, 20 minutes on TTC. Then walking time to office.

Vancouver is just a smaller city. Your instincts didn't work well for you when picking your current housing. Reasonable commute times are a huge factor in picking housing out here.

They were not instincts. They were heavily researched and strategic to maximize money saved and minimize transit times. I still stand by where I live and have thought about moving closer, but the data never suffices.

Not many people I know drive - simply to avoid the aggravation.

GO service is amazing if you are on the Lakeshore line, and pretty good on others as well. But property prices are much higher close to stations.

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