Is "I want good schools for my kids without spending more than an hour stuck in traffic each day" uninteresting enough for you? This may be somewhat particular to the Redmond/Bellevue/Seattle, but these same things are considerations for everyone I've talked to out there.

You know, it just occurred to me that my dad got his PhD in urban planning and I remember him presenting 3-D graphic computer models of commuting back in the 70's. Perhaps that's why I think this should be an uninteresting and solved problem by now. :-)