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Commuting to London

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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Well I think it was worthwhile resurrecting, just to know about the existence of that website. Brilliant....
  • This is an interesting related concept - you can use the map to highlight whole areas of London where the travel time and house prices balance out (it's the fourth map down on this page)

    http://www.mysociety.org/2007/more-travel-maps/
  • Riq
    Riq Posts: 10,430 Forumite
    Times like this I love Manchester.

    30mins on a bus, £6.50 per week. bus every 3-6mins. I even run the way home sometimes.

    :D

    Sorry i can't be any help. Move up here. It's awesome!
    "I'm not from around here, I have my own customs"
    For confirmation: No, I'm not a 40 year old woman, I'm a 26 year old bloke!
  • beccad
    beccad Posts: 315 Forumite
    lowis wrote: »
    wigginsmum
    it's amazing what a difference a few miles can make...1 bed flat in clerkenwell EX-COUNCIL for £235k
    http://www.findaproperty.com/agent.aspx?agentid=4872&opt=prop&pid=148859&photo=5#photo

    i quite fancy some of the lovely old victorian or georgian houses in tottenham / bruce castle area. the other half isn't keen though.
    There's plenty of them all over London. There's no need to be living in Tottenham if you don't need to :rotfl:
  • As others have said, some people consider quality of life, i.e. surroundings.

    It's different for different people, though - my prime consideration for quality of life is the amount of time I spend commuting (2 minutes each way) which is very important to me.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Hillfly wrote: »
    A longer term bet might be to consider deepest darkest Kent - Ashford down to Folkestone.

    There's some seriously nice villages around Ashford and Maidstone.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
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