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Commuting for 2hrs each way every day. Any thoughts?

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    #51
    Originally posted by pr1 View Post
    found the guy they're building HS2 for
    HS2 is designed to bleed the North dry.

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      #52
      I'm commuting from Coventry to London, staying in London Tuesday to Friday with a 1.5hr each/way commute whilst in London (staying with my brother).

      It's fine.

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        #53
        Originally posted by billybiro View Post
        Hampshire and London are in different timezones now?
        It would appear so.

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          #54
          Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
          HS2 is designed to bleed the North dry.
          You're projecting from the experience of your marriages.

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            #55
            Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
            You're projecting from the experience of your marriages.
            All his marriages went south pretty quickly, must have been on HS2
            …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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              #56
              Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
              You're projecting from the experience of your marriages.
              No but from similar schemes that always result in the majority of the benefit going to the larger location.

              HS3 across the peninies from York /Newcastle to Manchester / Liverpool makes a lot more sense on an economic basis
              merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                #57
                Originally posted by eek View Post
                No but from similar schemes that always result in the majority of the benefit going to the larger location.

                HS3 across the peninies from York /Newcastle to Manchester / Liverpool makes a lot more sense on an economic basis
                The UK badly needs a Northern powerhouse.

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                  #58
                  Originally posted by eek View Post
                  No but from similar schemes that always result in the majority of the benefit going to the larger location.

                  HS3 across the peninies from York /Newcastle to Manchester / Liverpool makes a lot more sense on an economic basis
                  got TRU to go in first

                  https://www.networkrail.co.uk/our-ra...route-upgrade/

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                    #59
                    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                    The UK badly needs a Northern powerhouse.
                    Reopen Dounreay, can't get much further north than that.
                    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by VirtualMonkey View Post
                      Pretty much every contract I have is like that as I live in Hull and have a wife and 3 kids who I like.
                      It does wear you down very quickly. If I'm forced into 3-4 days a week it'll be stay over on Monday and Wednesday night. Always WFH on a Friday...the extra traffic on Friday is never worth the hassle.
                      In my experience of humping it around the M25 most days, Monday is the worst. Friday is a bearable 1hr20 commute for me (it seems a lot of people work from home on Fridays) but the same commute on Monday is 1hr45 to 2 hours.

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