Where's nice to live in the UK?

[Olly]

Ok, so you probably don't even know where Lincolnshire is but consider somewhere like Stamford. Short drive to Peterborough for the East Coast mainline (50 mins to London, or 1h30 up to Leeds). Nottingham and Leicester driveable in an hour or so.
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Ok, I'll have a shufty.
Was born around there and lived there till age 10. Dunston near Metheringham.
Remember it being veeeeeery flat.

50 mins to London is pretty good.

So Stamford...any other lively towns near the train line?

Scarily Basingstoke keeps coming near the top when I put all my wants into the equation

[SueEllen]

Scarily Basingstoke keeps coming near the top when I put all my wants into the equation

I think you should go on a night out there to make your mind up one way or the other.

[bellymonster]

Ok, I'll have a shufty.
Was born around there and lived there till age 10. Dunston near Metheringham.
Remember it being veeeeeery flat.

50 mins to London is pretty good.

So Stamford...any other lively towns near the train line?

Scarily Basingstoke keeps coming near the top when I put all my wants into the equation

I take it back, you are a fellow yellow belly (although I bet you keep that quiet).
I live about 8 miles away from Dunston.

Lincolnshire is very flat, but down by Stamford it gets a bit more scenic particularly to the west.

50 mins is quite good, and you will very rarely have to stand. The service is also very reliable.

Lively towns are a bit short on the ground, Peterborough is ok I suppose.

[Olly]

I think you should go on a night out there to make your mind up one way or the other.

I remember going there about 5 years ago for a few nights out. Certainly nothing special but I got the feeling if you keep your head down then there's not going to be any trouble. I actually kind of liked it. There are old man pubs too away from the centre. What's your take on it?

Got some great shopping, sports centre all sorts.

I think the chance of local work is really nothing to sniff at.

Hmm Peterborough, well I like Polish girls

[norrahe]

Hmm Peterborough, well I like Polish girls

You'll certainly get more bang for your buck property wise up there.

Moving towards Corby is certainly quite cheap, the area might start to improve now that they've got the train station there.

[Badger]

I'm not sure your premis of 'I'll get a contract in London if I can't get one locally' is unsound, especially given you've said that you're not in the Finance or Insurance sectors.

Remember that the train times quoted are when they are actually running on time

Try Calais.

[Olly]

I'm not sure your premis of 'I'll get a contract in London if I can't get one locally' is unsound, especially given you've said that you're not in the Finance or Insurance sectors.

Too many double negatives there..got a bit lost.
Finance/Insurance would be fairly critical if I wanted to work in Bournemouth or Edinburgh (and some other spots).

I'm mostly Telecoms or procurement. M3 corridor is about as good as it gets for Telcos outside of London. Procurement is applicable anywhere.

Strikes me. Fridays working from home is getting more and more common, that along with a late start on Mondays. If I end up working in West London I could even motorbike in from B'stoke.

As Ms Ellen mentioned, seems a lot of people to go in from B'stoke daily, certainly a lot more than from Oxford for example.

[MrMark]

I take it back, you are a fellow yellow belly (although I bet you keep that quiet).
I live about 8 miles away from Dunston.

Lincolnshire is very flat, but down by Stamford it gets a bit more scenic particularly to the west.

50 mins is quite good, and you will very rarely have to stand. The service is also very reliable.

Lively towns are a bit short on the ground, Peterborough is ok I suppose.

Lincoln looks very attractive. Cheap too. What's the drawback?

[gingerjedi]

Scarily Basingstoke keeps coming near the top when I put all my wants into the equation

I'm sure there was a poll where Basingstoke was top for the town where men were most likely to own a blow up doll.

[shaunbhoy]

It's wet, wet and wet!

60000 drunks clinging to a rock in the Irish Sea was how I had it described to me before I went there for the first time. Uncannily accurate description. The scouse lilt seems to have blown across on the breeze too.
Back to the OT, why would anyone choose to commute to London on a daily basis? Stay there during the week and go home for weekends if you must work there.