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Depends how you use it and what your commute is like.
I used to love the 45 minute train journey on one of my old commutes. Always got a seat, pretty much always with a table, nice and quiet, could get work done or read a book in peace. Non-stop journey and very reliable. (Cambridge to Kings Cross).
Other train journeys are an utter ball ache, like Guildford to London. No chance of a seat, and often so packed you may not even get on the first train.
If you have children then any long train commute time seems like a guilty escape no matter how shit the actual journey is.
Will be looking for 100% remote work or, at most, one day in an office in London somewhere (ideally somewhere I can run to/from, so 10km ish) when I finally start to search for a new job.
I think people are beginning to run out of stuff to spend their season ticket + holidays money on. I think he is out in Hertfordshire so must have £000s to play with