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@h2o
I think the genesis borough looks like a great choice if you're dead set on the flat bars - but as you get fitter, if your commute has some nice quite fast stretches on it, you may come to wish that you had gotten drop handlebars. But in fairness, it wouldn't be too difficult to just swap the flat bars on the borough for drops further down the line. So start with what you're comfortable with.
Unless you're going off road at the weekends, ditch the suspension idea. It's just heavy and saps your energy.