cosmicjellybean wrote:Yossarian wrote:5 minute walk to the station, half hour train journey, 5 minute walk to work. That adds up to a little over an hour each way once the Thameslink tax has been factored in.
Ugh. A fast train from st albans - kings cross can take under 25 minutes, but about once or twice a week, it takes up to an hour (over 2 hours last week). Thameslink is pretty awful. Though I always have my 3ds with me so that's where most of my gaming time comes from.
I also like to walk to the station and then walk to the office, gives me a 6 mile walk each day which helps keep me active. Also I try to avoid the underground as much as possible.
The one caveat of living in the commuter belt is the travel cost though. I get a ticket which allows one route into london, no bus or underground included, and it's £320 a month. Nearly £400 if you include underground.
GooberTheHat wrote:True, Southampton is terrible for traffic. A trip to Ikea in Southampton is an exercise in self punishment.I kid you not mate, this place has the worst traffic I've ever known. Takes me 40 minutes to drive just under 2 miles at rush hour. I can walk it in 35 minutes. Rubbish.
Skondo wrote:I'm so glad I don't have to commute into the centre of Southampton, which is a hellhole anyway.
Jaco wrote:Tell me about it. I mostly work right in the city centre when not working from home. It's just awful. And I live in Woolston. Which is even worse. (Don't judge me, I didn't know the area when we moved down and we only had two weeks to find a place to live - any port in a storm, even one as stabby as Woolston.)I'm so glad I don't have to commute into the centre of Southampton, which is a hellhole anyway.
Jaco wrote:Aye, I do Northam bridge every day. It truly, deeply sucks. When I first moved here I went out for a late night walk (something I did all the time in Cumbria). NEVER AGAIN. I forgot we had the Weston estate less than a mile up the road. That place is like Beirut in the 80s.
SpaceGazelle wrote:The Glasgow Underground is a thing of beauty. I can go flat to city centre in about 20 mins.
cockbeard wrote:Nope, head West, life gets better at Cadnam, then you can start heading south towards god's green and pleasant
cockbeard wrote:Nope, head West, life gets better at Cadnam, then you can start heading south towards god's green and pleasant
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