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PhDs and Commuting from London
I'm thinking of applying to Cambridge for my PhD, but I'm having reservations about living in such a small city. I know a lot of people love it (or rather adjust to it), but I like London too much to think of living anywhere...
Started by eliotkid on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at thestudentroom):
London/Cambridge is also be missing out on the local social scene....
Re: PhDs and Commuting from London
What PhD are you planning on doing? Obviously if you need to use a lab, training 45 mins+tube/walk each day is pretty infeasible.
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Hi guys
I know this is probably not the ideal place to post this, but I don't know of another forum where I can find UK residents (or ex-residents) who are open to questions from immigrants.
I live in South Africa and after a couple of months of serious...
Started by jby on
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by 6 people.
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Some parts of Ashford are nice, others I've commuted in to ....
Some parts of Ashford are nice, others of people commuted to london - but it does take a long while.
commuted to london - but it does take a long while.
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London Bridge is much improved in many ways from how I remember it when I commuted everyday but as part of the redevelopment of the station a little too much of the original structure [read: pretty much all of it] is being demolished.
The Brighton side...
Started by number6 on
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That is the worst idea in the history traveling from Brighton to London....
Back to top As a regular worker of trains to London Bridge, I can London now and probably won't for a good few years yet.
Of the listed roof, but I can't find it now .
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Just wanted to know if anyone had any experiences of moving to London to live / work?
Its something I've thought about for a while as the industry I work in is dying locally, but is currently booming in London. The back end of last year I worked weekends...
Started by R555 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at civinfo):
Parts of London are quite scary (Brixton, Tottenham, Elephant & Castle, etc) but some places (south of the river, north of the river, east or west) and much more.
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A friend of mine wants to go to Le Mans Classic for his birthday in July. Everybody will be going by car. Except, I hope, me
I will probably cheat and get the train to London very early on whatever day I leave so I can ride to Portsmouth by evening/night...
Started by bobb on
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by 10 people.
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Asking him (I know he has no forum access during the day at the moment) London to Portsmouth cycling route!
As a starting suggestion, I'd say head out of central London on the A24, and that'll London Road [still designated the A3....
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On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:52:44 +0000, Paul Harley <pwharley@geekmail.com
A Reading University lecturer has started a 10 Downing Street petition
to abolish First Class accommodation on commuter trains in London and
replace it with additional Standard...
Started by Paul Harley on
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by 23 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
I commuted to London for a while, I chose to purchase
a first class season ticket because was withdrawn from trains running wholely within the London
Passenger Transport Board area (rather wider than the later Greater London....
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Hi, I am in the midst of a job relocation to London currently and having visited many sites feel totally lost as to where to live and what to expect. I have a few questions below and would appreciate any support on these:
1) For a family of 6 with 3 kids...
Started by hnaqvi on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at expatforum):
Through the threads yet?
This is just one example that may be of help:
Relocating to London Both to London in an hour , and good schools for the children and if you go out of town , omitting town lots for the children to do train and coach....
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Courage mes amis!
I know the properties I'm putting up here are a pretty unexciting bunch and they're in unfashionable areas but I keep hearing about London prices just going up and up (and clearly there's some of that going on in sectors of the market...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at housepricecrash):
The London bubble will chase the Chinese bubble down, they are fed by the same international sentiment trevor_1977, on 13 January 2012 - 05:38 PM,....
The London bubble is looking good for bursting and then we will see the knock on effects .
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:20:52 -0000, ogden <ogden@pre.org
Well, today I commuted by bike for the first time since the rules
changed.
It's a lovely idea. There's just one problem with bus lanes: they're
full of fucking buses.
--
ogden
GSXR7...
Started by ogden on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
I noticed a lot of bikes still
plodding down the middle of the road dodging oncoming vans when there
was an empty bus lane to... .
But they're not full of bikes.
Bit nippy, but otherwise pretty good.
On 26 Jan, 09:20, ogden <og...@pre.org
As did I.
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Anyone commute from Portland to Wilsonville?
My husband and I live in NE Portland, close in. He's interested in a job in Wilsonville and we're wondering if the commute would be bearable or, conversely, unpleasant enough that he should not consider the...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at metafilter):
Granted this was about 5 years ago but it wasn't bad in NE and commuted to Xerox in Wilsonville, and my current boss commutes from Lake Oswego to Wilsonville.
I commuted from NE to Wilsonville for years.
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