Dreams are meaningless
In other news I am looking at flats in London, just in case I get a decent offer and have to start asap. I noticed the prices in Central London for some nice 1 or 2 bedroom places were £750, and thought "Oh, that's not bad, bit more than I'm paying but not by much at all". Then I noticed it's PCW not PCM...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:09, 6 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Mother fucker.
I'm going to have to move to Harrow area soon. Unless I want to live in a fucking hovel above a glue factory, I'm going to have to pay upwards of 800pm.

London's a cunt.
( Kroney, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:10, Reply)

No, YOU'RE a cunt.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:11, Reply)

Nonono, YOU'RE a cunt.

( Kroney, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:13, Reply)

No, I'M A CUNT

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:14, Reply)

The first step is admitting it.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:14, Reply)

I'm sat in that room of mirrors
Oh god, what have I done !!
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:15, Reply)

You need to free yourself from your ego.
Like Bruce Parry on those smelly drugs.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:18, Reply)

I ain't seen that cunt in ages, I'd be surprised if he hasn't acquired various unusual ticks and multiple personality disorders from the weird MASSIVE drugs he's ingested

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:23, Reply)

Hahahaha!
I suggest pimping yourself out as a gigalo to get a flat in London. I'll gaz you my details.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:10, Reply)

A one bed in my block's about a grand a month - and is 20 mins on the bus from the West End.
Get a flat with Lusty, seriously. She needs one from the start of September, I think.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:11, Reply)

I'll see what offer I get, if any
Still waiting to hear back. Not a bad idea though.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:14, Reply)

It's a great idea. Hope you get a job down here.
We can go to see CombiChrist together EVERY WEEK!!!!!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:15, Reply)

Oh man it's like all my wet dreams came true all at once!

(Bazongaloid, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:17, Reply)

Even that one about Carol Smillie and the glass coffee table?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:18, Reply)

Yeah, that bit when Debbie McGee comes in afterwards and cleans it up with her face.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:20, Reply)

Right, you and Monty know a bit about that there London Town
What are nice areas to live in? As in, not ones filled with stab-crazy children or hipsters.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:20, Reply)

Chelsea and Westminster.

( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:22, Reply)

Depends where you are going to be working really
your choice of location is heavily dependant on how easily you want to be able to get to work, and how close you want to be to fun people.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:23, Reply)

The job I'm going for is in Central London
Liverpool Street Station area.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:24, Reply)

Then you'll want to rent in Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, Stepney or MIle End/Bow
These are relatively cheap areas and are walking distance from Liverpool St - and Tayyabs.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:26, Reply)

I did recall Tayyabs is near Liverpool St.
Cheers, I'll have a nose at prices around there.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:28, Reply)

Those are highly shit and stabby areas though.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:28, Reply)

I did specify non-stabby

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:32, Reply)

I know
which is why I thought I'd best point out that Monty had got the brief totally wrong.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:36, Reply)

I thank you for that
Have seen a few nice flats in the Whitechapel area for £275PCW.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:40, Reply)

So you'll probably want somewhere either on the main line
or northern line so you can go to Moorgate and walk.

I would suggest looking at Walthamstow (it's not as stabby as it used to be) or Finsbury Park (used to live there, really quite nice).
(Bazongaloid, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:28, Reply)

Muchos Gracias Senor

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:40, Reply)

In fact there are some great places in Walthamstow
£1200 PCM for a 2 bed penthouse flat. I'd have to share, but it looks nice.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:45, Reply)

My friend used to live there. Or Crouch End.
They're right close aren't they?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:40, Reply)

Pretty close
Crouch End is a short bus ride away up Stroud Green Road.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:47, Reply)

Crouch End is quite pleasent, but it's transportation links is rubbish.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:47, Reply)

I know.
I felt like the Proclaimers by the time we got to her house after getting off the night bus and walking.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:56, Reply)

Three of my ex flatmates are now living in Walthamstow. They seem to like it, but it's not my cup of tea.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:48, Reply)

Not unless you live in Atlanta
It's a noble aim though Monts. Glad you've seen the light.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:18, Reply)

fuck's sake
that's ridiculous. Who is supposed to be able to afford that????
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:12, Reply)

Non-povvo cunts with decent jobs?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:13, Reply)

DECENT?
that's 39,000 a year just on rent!
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:14, Reply)

I'm amazed that anyone can afford to live in London.
And I assume that to live in the outer edges and get the tube in every day would work out just about the same.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:16, Reply)

Nah, it wouldn't.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:17, Reply)

really?
Is the difference in rent more than the cost of a monthly oyster card and suchlike?

Living out in the provinces, I find the whole idea of That London quite bizarre.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:20, Reply)

I've just looked, you can easily rent in Zone 5 (near my house)
for under £1000 a month. I'm sure you could rent cheaper closer in too if you really had to.

An annual zone 1-5 travel card costs £1800. And if you only used the bus it would cost even less.

So significantly less.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:23, Reply)

SMALL PRINT
Using only the bus will mean rising at 4am for 9am start - getting into town from Barnet on a bus might well take 1.5hrs or more. North Finchley to Archway is a good hour in rush hour.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:24, Reply)

I'm not suggesting it's the answer
merely pointing out that living out and commuting in is a lot cheaper than living in central london.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:26, Reply)

Dunno, your dreams can come true in Mile End and New Cross, and other such places like that

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:27, Reply)

It's £4k for a season ticket from MK to Euston,
you could get a three bedroom house for about £1k a month here.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:33, Reply)

and spend all your life on trains

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:35, Reply)

people who live in MK don't have lives
so that doesn't matter.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:36, Reply)

45mins to Euston,
If you work far away from Euston it's a stupid idea, if your walking distance or even one tube it's perfectly viable.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:36, Reply)

it occurs to me
that I have no idea where Milton Keynes actually is
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:38, Reply)

Halfway between London and Birmingham.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:46, Reply)

Isn't it a bit closer to London than Birmingham?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:57, Reply)

I think the thing that people forget, and including me, is that you can knock off a good £100/month by being on the over-ground instead of tube, on the rent.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:31, Reply)

My monthly 4 zone travel card costs me £152.
I live centrally and work on the outskirts, because I am a knob.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:19, Reply)

City money.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:17, Reply)

heh
I lived in London for a while and worked on Fleet Street (not in a glamorous way). I was on £10,000 for a 50 hour week. I think I got ripped off a bit
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:18, Reply)

I think you may have been.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:19, Reply)

That's the going rate for a navvy

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:28, Reply)

well, I was working underground
so it's more like mining
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:29, Reply)

Were you down in Fraggle Rock?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:41, Reply)

yeah, those Fraggles are
run us Dozzers like a sweatshop
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:43, Reply)

Me and my parents wanted some Doozers.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:52, Reply)

26p/hour =S And the tax man gets some of that, I think.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:29, Reply)

your maths is off, there
it's around £4 an hour, and yes, the tax man had some of that. It was 1998, but it was still fucking shit
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:31, Reply)

that's twice what I pay a month
for a whole house here
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:12, Reply)

Don't you live in Wales?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:19, Reply)

yes
which mostly explains it, I suppose
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:20, Reply)

Yes it does

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:21, Reply)

look, I have to find
some bright sides
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:22, Reply)

Best of luck with that.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:22, Reply)

*bangs gavel*
CASE DISMISSED.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:21, Reply)

well I'm not likely to get to move
until one of you guys gets off your arse and bullies other photography lecturers out of their jobs
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:23, Reply)

What's your budget?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:51, Reply)