Reason 3 (travel distances) includes local transit. As a New Yorker, I commute to work at least once a week, and I’m thankful that the subway gets me there in under 30 minutes. In the Bay Area, due to the company I work for, I’d be commuting for at least an hour from either San Francisco or Berkeley into San Jose in horrid rush-hour traffic (or a mix of BART and Uber which, though slower, was a more pleasant experience), or living in the South Bay itself, which does not have great transit options either.
Reason 3 (travel distances) includes local transit. As a New Yorker, I commute to work at least once a week, and I’m thankful that the subway gets me there in under 30 minutes. In the Bay Area, due to the company I work for, I’d be commuting for at least an hour from either San Francisco or Berkeley into San Jose in horrid rush-hour traffic (or a mix of BART and Uber which, though slower, was a more pleasant experience), or living in the South Bay itself, which does not have great transit options either.