My experience is that it’s common for people to meet in central London (and/or to have loca friends in the area you live) for this reason. Houses and workplaces

My experience is that it’s common for people to meet in central London (and/or to have loca friends in the area you live) for this reason. Houses and workplaces are usually coordinated to minimise travel time (although there’s been a huge increase in homeworking since covid which is reducing the need for this).