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, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

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)