Manniax is absolutely correct. It isn't that insane to live here. You guys exaggerate what you don't even know. I don't care if you lived here for 3 years in 2004.... It's just plain bunk.
Most folks will have shifts that do not coincide with the commute hours anyway. I regularly drive from Oakland to SFO and if it's not 7 am or 4:30 pm I can do it in 22mins. Been doing it for close to 30 years. I often take the Oakland or Alameda Ferry to the City and just hop on BART. Don't need no stinkin car. And I don't live in a doghouse.
Plus there are no cockroaches, no giant moths, no snakes, no alligators, no flies, no mosquitoes, no snow, no ice, no freezing rain, no ice storms, no snow-megedons, no tornadoes, no 88% humidity, no 77% humidity, no humidity at all, great food, great wine, and 260 days of sunshine. Yeah, you're right...it sucks out here. And above all, it can't be done.