Because you make it seem that way? What's so hard about it besides a long commute time? If it bothers you that much, consider selling the house and moving to a small apartment in a suburb somewhere else with your mother. If the opportunities where you live truly are that bad you shouldn't stay there.
So . . . you live in a rural area where everything is spread out, but have a next door neighbor close enough to bother you? Yeah, something doesn't add up.
I'm sorry about your father, but it's time to get a job.