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London has an incredible transportation system, why buy in some central neighborhood? Accepting a 30 minute train ride will do wonders for your buying power, an

London has an incredible transportation system, why buy in some central neighborhood? Accepting a 30 minute train ride will do wonders for your buying power, and your ability to save. It's the classic conundrum. You want a place close in, cheap, and lots of space: choose two.

madaxe_again 9y ago
Spoken like someone who has never commuted on the tube... Season tickets for any London public transport are eyewateringly expensive, and you get to stand in a sweat-box for the pleasure. Folks prefer to live centrally to minimise their tube-time, although it's always been a mystery to me as to why virtually nobody lives in the City, apart from classic chickens and eggs arguments re: services (it's a graveyard at night and weekend). There is no cheap within an hour of the city. There is no space within an hour of the city - just endless very expensive suburbia.
- osullivj 9y ago
  Yes, the City is sparsely populated. But there are a lot of people in the Barbican Centre.
- djhworld 9y ago
  The tube is a lot of money sure, but it's nothing in comparison to commuter trains from other towns/cities. For example a season ticket from St Albans, a 25-30 minute or so train ride into the city costs £400+ a month
  - madaxe_again 9y ago
    Yeah, I know folks who commute in from Bath, Peterborough, etc., and it's on the order of £30k a year for the pass. And they wonder why the traffic is shit on the westway.
aidos 9y ago
I'm not sure it even quite works out like that. Property in the burbs is expensive too. You often get more for that money, but I'm not sure it's much cheaper - if you see what I mean. Also, as I posted in another comment - there's a pretty hefty transport tax to pay once you're out of town.