"Brimstone" wrote...

"JNugent" wrote:
"Chris Tolley" wrote...

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You are starting with the unproven assumption that transport is
necessary at all. People do not generally *have to* live so far from
their place of employment.

You are so right.
If only all the £25K - £30K functionaries of central government and the
London local authorities would shake off this morbid desire they all have
to live in the shadow of Dagenham gasworks or Greenford "leisure" centre
and just buy flats in the West End, the City and Kensington, eh?

... too many people on the move. They may have
all sorts of reasons for choosing to live and work where they do, but in
our society, that's exactly what it is in the vast majority of cases, a
choice. (AIH, in my case, there isn't a choice. my house, is supplied by
my employer, and is next to the building where I do a lot of my work.)

And those who are not in such a fortunate position - what sort of cake do
you suggest they should be let eat?

Do you really consider it fortunate that when leaving your job you also
have no option but to find somewhere else to live?

It all rather depends on the terms offered.

It happens to more people than you might think - including my family when I
was a boy. Many such workers nowadays buy a property of their own which they
let out, in order to have a bolt-hole if they need it (modern
landlord-tenant law quite properly allows for a tenancy to be determined
within six months if the property is needed as a home for the owner).