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house is lovely.
I wouldn't do it, 45min commute I used to do was enough if it happened for a long enough period of time (two weeks) to break me. Brompton helped alleviate it, as did getting a seat and reading. But from the friends I have who've made the break to the shires, making friends in your locale is essential, as friendships with people in london, fade away because of the commitment to heading out to see them. Become special event friendships rather than everyday/weekly/monthly.
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Question which might be better placed in the 'moving out of London' thread but here goes.
We're looking at a house which is outside of London, its an absolute beaut, top end of our budget but gets us so much more than in London. We would both need to commute 4 days per week, 1 day wfh. The commute would be 3mile brompton, Thameslink into London (Finsbury Park or Kings X) and then either tube or brompton at the other end. So probably 1:10-1:30 door to door. My partner doesn't drive, I do (don't currently have a car). We work 9-5 but I have flexi hours. Don't have kids (yet).
How much of a ballache would this be? How big a change of life would this be? Currently living in Leytonstone, so not super central but worried we would just never see any of our friends, no uber, can't just 'pop' into town etc.
We aren't looking to move out of London as we love living here but this house is really lovely, seems commutable and is near to my partners parents.