Originally Posted by
Kris_23
I brought Essex into it because you dont have to live in London to work in london as you suggested. 30mins each way from where I live in Essex to being in London which is probably about average commute for most people in the UK.
I was trying to give advice, you were not.
And if i had said Southend its because that's where the thread starter said he was from.
Very few people can get from their house to their actual office in 30 mins from essex to central london I suspect, typically there will be a train, a tube and a walk, and its all on crowded trains which if you are used to the countryside and fresh air is a bit of a culture shock, its not just a case of london life is like other life but better paid, its actually quite different.
Its possible, I know this cause I am currently doing it (all be it that it takes me over an hour and a half) but its certainly not as nice as when I lived in somerset and drove 5 mins to where I worked and had free parking.
you also have to take into account not just all the hours of time you waste travelling but the cost of the train tickets too, which for me currently from just outside london is over 200 pounds a month (so you need 4K a year higher salary just to break even for the train fares based on that 200 a month)