Nice / Strategic areas to live in London area

[Gibbon]

I've told you before, Spod: I'm not interested. Now stop flirting. CM's more your level.

That's your one response for today: I hope you enjoyed it.

He can't help it. He's a contented man up to ears in nappies with a demanding wife and needs something more interesting than trying to find his other slipper.

[farout117]

Something else to consider is the direction in which you'll head out of London most regularly, for example to visit friends or relatives or pursue some weekend hobby.

If this will usually be towards Kent, for example, it would be better to base yourself in South East London, because crossing London or driving right round the M25 each time is a real pain and very time consuming. Conversely, if it is more often West of London then yes Ealing or somewhere like that would be much better.

Also, you don't need to live in Central London to commute in to the centre on the tube. How about Amersham or Watford, for example, on the Metropolitan Line? Probably cheaper and I'd guess more open spaces to exercise.

Yeah that is also a choice for West London, I will be using Heathrow to live the city quite often.

Amersham and Watford? I will look into them also, though when I first move, I would prefer to be near a tube stop, cause I know the tube quite well, less the train system.

[Fishface]

if you are single then get a house share in West Hampstead (or Clapham High St.) and tap into the local social scene on these high streets, they are full of young professionals going out everynight of the week. Both have train and tube.

or Woking if you want the train and airport(LHR) close.

[ChimpMaster]

Ealing is a hole. It used to be better 20 years ago but has downhill big time. Transport links are OK but you're still the best part of an hour away from the square mile.

I now live further out West, not far from Heathrow but with overground links to Waterloo. I can make it to Bank/Moorgate in just over an hour, and the area I live in is so much nicer than Ealing. (I've studied and socialised in Ealing for years some time ago).

As said by others here you need to know where you might be contracting, to get the journey planned properly.

I reckon (North) East London is best for commuting into the City, when you consider reasonable rental/purchase prices for properties. You can go from Chigwell or Ilford to the Wharf in like 30 minutes.

Stratford to City is damn quick too.

I would have loved to have lived in the City when I was working there, but it's not for family life and rentals/purchases are expensive.

[farout117]

I am CW, if you stick to that area then yep perhaps, venture down the isle of dogs, over to greenwich and next door to limehouse and wapping - is a whole different story, recommend all these areas.

When I first moved down I was in a 3 bed house in Beckenham, couple of stops on the overland to the city, nice little town.

Depends where you are commuting to work - what station, I got lumbered on the northern line one summer - eeek?

Well I still have no idea where I will be working at, but most probably somewhere central, or am I wrong in assuming so?

[Gentile]

He can't help it. He's a contented man up to ears in nappies with a demanding wife and needs something more interesting than trying to find his other slipper.

Yeah, I know. And CM actually seems fairly normal from what little I've seen. What she sees in an embittered, misogynistic, homophobic anti-Semite like Spod I'll never know. One can only imagine she'll wake up and come to her senses at some point.

[Spacecadet]

CM's more your level.

I beg your pardon?

[farout117]

if you are single then get a house share in West Hampstead (or Clapham High St.) and tap into the local social scene on these high streets, they are full of young professionals going out everynight of the week. Both have train and tube.

or Woking if you want the train and airport(LHR) close.

Thanks Fishface, another suggestion taken. Yeah being close to LHR would help also.

[cailin maith]

Yeah, I know. And CM actually seems fairly normal from what little I've seen. What she sees in an embittered, misogynistic, homophobic anti-Semite like Spod I'll never know. One can only imagine she'll wake up and come to her senses at some point.

What I see in him is none of your business.

I do not know you, have no wish to know you and I would appreciate it if you would not presume to know me.

So whatever your issue is. Leave me out of it.

[Bunk]

Well I still have no idea where I will be working at, but most probably somewhere central, or am I wrong in assuming so?

Your guess is as good as ours. What do you do? How are we supposed to know where your next contract is going to be? We don't even know where our next one is.