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> I find it hard to imagine them commuting for hours from the suburbs...

Why? It's as easy to commute from certain places outside of London as inside. For instance, it takes longer for me to get from where I live in south London to e.g. Kings Cross than it would to get there from Cambridge. The amount of time you save by living more centrally is probably less than 20 minutes.

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Ha I agree with the broad point, but as someone who (used to until Covid) commute from South London to Kings Cross everyday, this doesn't seem true timewise until you live quite far South in London. And I live a 15 minute walk from a tube station.

Having said that, I agree with the sentiment!

Tooting -> Kings X is 49 minutes according to citymapper. Cambridge -> Kings X is a 48 minute train. I personally wouldn't consider Tooting to be deep south, but maybe we have different definitions. I have a friend who lives near Kingston, it's roughly an hour commute for him.

I don't know how City Mapper is getting that number to be honest. TFL gives 35 minutes, and that includes 5 minutes for walking out the tube at Kings Cross.

The trick is you have to change at Stockwell onto the Victoria Line.

Nb. I did almost this journey every day pre-lockdown and the numbers are accurate for me at least.

Costs you a mighty penny too, though. Commute Reading to Kings Cross should be close to 5k a year (not including tube), no?

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