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There's a lot to be said for that. I live just south of Catford and it takes me an hour to get to my office in Angel. So it wouldn't be that much longer living where you live. And it probably costs me a grand or two a year as well.
It's ok if you work stable and reasonably sociable hours I suppose.
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@SparkyYeah that was my thinking. It works fine really but it's still a big adjustment though. I'm still not over the change from from being the guy who rolls up to work in jeans on a sweet fixeh to being the guy who lines up on platform 2 at 7:15am with all the other beaten-down looking middle managers in scruffy suits.
Going for a post-work run and then stopping for a pint at Le Reej on the way home is now the frantic scramble to get away for the 5:25 in order to be home for the toddler's bedtime. Not sure how much of that is parenthood and single income life which would still apply if we were still in Forest Hill though.
Dooks-Fatberg
@Sparky £6k season ticket innit. I really like the town though and the commute is relatively stress free. It's an hour on the high-speed into St Pancras and a 10 min Brompton trundle into town. Two highspeed trains hour plus two to Cannon St and one each to Victoria and Cannon St. Thus far, (it'll be a year in a couple of weeks) the high speed has been incredibly reliable.
The town is quiet but I think it's a bit of a hidden gem. Loads of independent shops and cafes, great pubs and the market is on three times a week. Independent cinema, museum, arts venue, galleries, farm shops and all kinds of countryfied goodness. Whitstable is 10 mins away, beaches at Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Margate are 20 mins. I dig it.
Downside is lack of decent restaurants in town and that it's a bit UKIPy. Haven't seem much evidence of that though. It's also a bit folky and hippyish which I quite like. I've been getting involved in local volunteer groups with all the right-on grannies. Get me.