I used to drive 160 miles round trip, everyday for 5 years.
I now Rent an apartment 140 miles from my house. I Return on Weekends.
I have four kids. Its not easy.
I will not buy a house where I work, because that changes every 4 or 5 years. (Companies get sold or close) So I keep the old house as my base.
But now that I have free healthcare, I have no worries at all ... s/off
The nature of my work was field based (telecommunications) It was very common for me to drive 100-300 miles to do 15 minutes to 2 hours worth of work, then drive another 100-200 miles to do it again, then another 100-200 miles and do it again, often in the middle of the night when we had a maintenance window. I wouldn't know how to act if I only had to drive 5 minutes to go to work. Even now after I retired I still keep three or four "irons in the fire". I always have several sources of income. I've never once met anyone I thought was truly successful that worked 40 hours a week, either......