Actually what I was getting at, is people don't seem to mind accepting jobs with two hour commutes, but going to the grocery store once a week is out of the question. But I see your point.
> people don't seem to mind accepting jobs with two hour commutes, but going to the grocery store once a week is out of the question
Playing devil's advocate, the all-in cost of a short commute is likely higher than that for grocery delivery.
Let's compare a White Plains, NY <--> Midtown Manhattan commute to an Instacart delivery. That commute takes about 1 hour [1]. The average 1-bedroom in White Plains goes for about $2,270 a month [2]. In my neighborhood, Flatiron, it goes for $5,660 [3]. Let's assume 260 working days in a year [4], i.e. 520 [5] hours of commute. That $3,390 difference in monthly rent comes out to $40,700 a year, or $78.30 per hour of commute.
By coïncidence, that's what this guy on Reddit [6] estimated Instacart's markup to be. You'd have to order $87 in groceries (i.e. $150 on Instacart) twice a day every working day to come out even against a 2-hour-a-day commute between White Plains and Midtown.
