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, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

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)