I’m happy to pick a job based on the commute. It’s not hard in the Bay Area to find something good and close. I’ve never had more than a 15 minute commute when living here.
I worked in Tacoma (Washington State) and the drive on I5 there could turn a 25 minute drive into a 4 hour slugfest. Worse yet, about once a week it would be 3 hour drive, almost without fail. It was awful.
I did end up with a 30 minute trip home today because of an accident blocking 3/5 lanes. But I guess that's not that bad of a worst-case scenario.