I've lived in Shepherd's Bush and to the south by train. The commute from the 'burbs is grueling, but the cost differential is hard to ignore. (Hotels in Lond

I've lived in Shepherd's Bush and to the south by train. The commute from the 'burbs is grueling, but the cost differential is hard to ignore. (Hotels in London are naked extortion.) The palpable sentiment is the average person is walking a razor-thin financial tightrope.