Is London commutable?

[dang65]

If you're bored of London, you're bored of life. Or so they say.

It's "You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." [Samuel Johnson]

He also said, "A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority," and "By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show". So, he was clearly mad, and he said that 250 years ago anyway.

[stek]

Off to London, no doubt. Go to London! I guarantee you'll either be mugged or not appreciated. Catch the train to London, stopping at Rejection, Disappointment, Backstabbing Central and Shattered Dreams Parkway.

Quote by Alan Partridge.

[Scrag Meister]

Not currently of use to commuters, but Crossrail will make parts of west (and east) London far more accesible to commuters.

Crossrail will be interesting, Reading right through to Canary Wharf.

[norrahe]

If you're bored of London, you're bored of life. Or so they say.

No, just bored of London.

Lived there for 10 years and could never bring myself to move back.

[SueEllen]

Crossrail will be interesting, Reading right through to Canary Wharf.

Imagine the crush.

[Jason]

Done a lot of work in london over the last 20 years.

All I can say is black bogies!

The air is horrible, especially on the underground.

[mikebird]

Why don't you come in on Sunday night, stay overnight at a B&B a few metres from the office, and go home for the weekend on Friday night?

[mailric]

It's a long day if the jobs challenging but if (depending on the job) you could negotiate some of the train journey as part of your working day then it helps. I've managed to negotiate this in the past and the train journey is a good time to get through emails etc.

And I guess the other consideration is... how long can you hold out for a job in the NW should you give this opportunity up.

[DaveB]

No, just bored of London.

Lived there for 10 years and could never bring myself to move back.

WNS+1

Went to uni there, worked there for 6 years after that. Moved out and really dont want to go back apart from visiting or maybe for a 6 month gig at most.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Sod it.

Looks likely I will be offered a 3 month extension at my current gig with authorisation to work from home 1-2 days a week. Gigs in London are paying up to an additional £150 a day (outside of investment banking/hedge funds) but I don't think that is worth sacrificing for what I have now in terms of relaxed working environment/flexibility and being able to work from home.