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True although the trainline is pretty crap, trains every hour or whatever, plus all the bike parking is outside. Bastards.

Live on the Mandela estate, close to town and 24hr drug dealers.

There is a lot of town houses near the Royal Berks but I've no idea about cost/niceness, easy ride to the station though.

Lots of good information (from both of you) - needs more consideration I think, though it looks like we're a bit priced out of some of the better bits you've mentioned.

One last question; what time in the morning does rush hour start there? She starts work in Marlborough at 8.30 so maybe she'll get to the motorway before the masses arrive?

Reading, at least it ain't Slough.

Whereabouts in London do you work?

I used to leave Reading at about 7 and it was ok, anything after half seven and you are static. Getting out should be fine, depends what time she wants to get back in.

Whereabouts in London do you work?

Holborn/Covent Garden area - currently get the train into Paddington & ride the rest of the way.

I'll see if my mum wants to move back to Manchester again, last time she did she rented her house out, 8.3 miles to the station, ain't as far as I thought.

Holborn/Covent Garden area - currently get the train into Paddington & ride the rest of the way.

There's a line into Waterloo from Reading, so maybe somewhere like Wokingham or Bracknell could be an option? Bit of a long commute for your other half though.

There's a line into Waterloo from Reading, so maybe somewhere like Wokingham or Bracknell could be an option? Bit of a long commute for your other half though.

Doesn't that line take about three days and stop in every train station in the south of England?

It can feel that way.

I remember taking it a couple of times thinking it would be easier to get to work from, it wasn't.

ain't as far as I thought.

see me after class, otter.

Yeah I wanted to avoid that line, though maybe one stop away from Reading & going to Reading first then changing could be the better option.

We would be buying btw.

Maybe I'll have a bit of a break from GTA at the weekend & drive over to look at the [strike]prostitutes[/strike] area.

Newbury or Hungerford could be options. Longer journey for you but there are fast trains.

GTA style driving will probably be useful if you go anywhere near the Oracle centre on a Saturday.

see me after class, otter.

Have I been a naughty boy, yeah?

Newbury or Hungerford could be options. Longer journey for you but there are fast trains.

They were considered; Newbury is just as bad a shithole as Reading but has 2x as many inbreds.

Hungerford is nice but that trainline between Reading, Newbury & Hungerford is incredibly troubled; regularly over an hour late/broken down/diverted all together which is one of the driving forces behind moving (it's the line I get now).

My mum and dad live just outside Newbury.

Are they brother & sister?

Not that they've ever divulged.

Does anyone here live in Reading or know the area quite well?

My girlfriend works in Marlborough & I work in London, I've tried commuting from Marlborough but it just takes too long so we're looking to move house and share the commuting distance - in my mind this leaves us with Reading as the best option.

Which are the nice and which are the shit areas?

I need to be able to get to the station & my girlfriend will be driving West to Marlborough for work if that helps with location...

Winchester? Hours drive Winchester - Marlborough, and an hour on the train to Waterloo.

It's a bit quiet, but it's 1,400% less shit than Reading.

I was born in Winchester and lived in Reading. I agree with the man above.