If you genuinely "thrive" more in person then go live next to your office. No point sitting in a 30-60 minute commute. America/UK took the brunt of the cost transitioning towards knowledge work, but kept the costs of manufacturing (shipping people around). Even if it's slightly more productive, the cost is externalized on the workers making them poorer and sickly.
>Oh no you don't understand I need a compress decompress cycle I TRIVE when I burn as much gas as possible
Apartments near my workplace cost twice as much as where I live and commute from. The office is in a concrete jungle, my apartment is in a charming neighborhood famous for high end restaurants. My friends live nearby. My landlord is the super chill old dude down the hall. Public schools where I live are as good as private schools where I work.
People's emotionally driven myopia on this topic never fails to impress me. "No point" in making such a ridiculously weak argument.
Sadly, your job (especially in the games industry) is a lot more mobile that your living dwellings. I had a housing situation and took the commute over trying to move.
>Oh no you don't understand I need a compress decompress cycle I TRIVE when I burn as much gas as possible