"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 19:14:28 on Wed, 2 Oct 2019,
tim... remarked:


"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 10:34:39 on Wed, 2 Oct 2019,
tim... remarked:

I live north of the river, and my rail journeys to and from
Heathrow
are always on the Piccadilly line. The Picc serves far more
stations in
London than Crossrail will.

It's a rather tedious way to get to and from work at Heathrow, if
you
live north of Kings Cross.

Is there a better way using PT? Obviously, people who don't live
near a
Piccadilly line station might change to the line at, say, Finsbury
Park.

As the Irishman asked for directions famously said "I wouldn't start
from there".

so if you have a long term job at LHR moving house seems the most
appropriate solution

What are these long term jobs of which you speak?

Working full time at the airport

If there is any "low" skilled job that has security, this has to be it.

There's still plenty of opportunity to be working for an employer who goes
broke or decide not to have a base at HR any more, or be replaced by a
machine (baggage handling a prime example).

And moving house to be near a job, especially one like Heathrow, isn't a
walk in the park.

If you already live in a different part of London it is.

Moving further than a sensible commute for the children to get to their
original school is difficult.

so they move school

thousands of children do it every year

it's not impossible


Hounslow is not a prime London property location

For a reason. And hence why would people want to move there?

Because if they are in London and can only afford "Hounslow" prices, they
will already be living in an undesirable area of London

But if you can afford more there are are desirable areas that are commutable
as well

I am making the point that if you already live in London and you move, you
can make a like for like move at your price point and still be in a area
with the same amount of desirableness (or un-desirableness).

You don't have to find an extra 300K because the starting point is 300K more
than where you have come from

tim