Other than all the other people that outbid you for less distant homes, you mean.  Or those who consistently NIMBY-veto any potential development of high-rise residential buildings near their existing homes.  Or the zoning boards that outlaw the very concept of homes being adjacent to businesses.<p>Actually, there are quite a lot of people who force me to live further away from my job than is strictly necessary.  They are the very same people who would almost certainly undermine--and eventually destroy--any bicycle-oriented development.  It would be unwise to dismiss those factors as mere whining.