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Honestly that's their issue that can be fixed. There's no reason someone with a Google salary needs to be 2 hours commute from the office.

Unless of course they have family/spouse/SO who also need to be somewhere else.

Maybe they want to own a house that's not $3m dollars

Maybe you can't have all three of:

1) a super highly paid tech salary

2) an affordable house

3) a short commute

There are options for any 2/3 all over the world. Nowhere has all 3. You can't pick the two you chose and then get pity for not having the third.