I'd vote for more rent. (Though I'd move to a rental community then).
Commuting expenses can get REALLY expensive (expenses are far more than gas). Plus the drain on your time, etc.
I have never had a longer than 10-minute commute. So I do speak how I truly feel (ever when the cost of the city was VERY high).
There were a lot of stories of people losing homes to foreclosures in the middle of nowhere, when gas prices went up last year or 2. They had decided to commute to save money, but didn't work out so well in the end.
If you drive twice as much, you have to replace your car twice as often, etc.
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