We love our house. Buyers love our house. Then they see the commute

My wife and I have been living on the outskirts of the city. We love the peace with big yard, friendly neighbors, and birds singing in the morning. When people visit, their first reaction is usually how cute it looks here. Until they find out it takes an hour to reach downtown.

That hasn't really affected me because I work from home. I don't have to endure hours of rush hour traffic. I actually didn't remember how depressing that ride could be until recently. But now we're expecting a child, and we need something more convenient. So we put the house up for sale…

We've had plenty of showings and heard lots of compliments. But then reality hits and people start thinking about the drive, or the schools being farther out, and they just disappear. We've already dropped the price twice and way more than I wanted to