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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
by 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 agoYes, the City is sparsely populated. But there are a lot of people in the Barbican Centre.
- djhworld 9y agoThe 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 agoYeah, 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.