My commute currently consists of walking on a dirt trail through a second growth forest for 20 minutes, surrounded by barred owls and deer. It's pretty sweet, actually. Have you ever stopped to do the math about how much time is spent commuting? If the average person works for 45 years, and commutes half an hour each way to work...
45 years X 50 weeks per year X 5 days per week X 1 hour commute time = 11,250 hours or 468.75 days of commute time! (And this doesn't include time stuck in airports).