“I prefer to live near to my work rather than……” 这里中的near后面的to可以去掉吗?

“I prefer to live near to my work rather than……” 这里中的near后面的to可以去掉吗?

near to my work这里是形容词
去掉过后near变成prep.词性,是不适合放在这里的
如果一定要去掉：
i prefer to live in a place which is near my workplace.