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You can read a book or listen to music in a cafe or pretty much anywhere else and you don't need to pay UK's ridiculous train prices for that. Living <1hr from work by bike is like 'the rule'. But I also know of lunatics that sit on trains for 2+ hours each way. Fuck that. That's your life you're wasting stuck on an overpriced train full of disease and 'wish I lived closer' misery.
Another pro of commuting, I get some time to myself to read a book or listen to music without my family or my colleagues busting my balls