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In article ,
JNugent wrote:
Except that you then wrote:
A one hour journey by car can take one (easily) up to 60 miles
(probably not a lot more, unless one lives adjacent to a motorway
interchange).

Indeed. But the car journey to which I was referring was a journey *within
the area within a one hour commute from Central London*

If that's what you meant, then you have mislead more than one person.

Robin (and everyone else) took that to mean that you were limiting it
to commuting by car.

Their error, I fear, since I did not claim that - did I?

No, but the implication was there, or so I thought.

However, that's moot: I still think that you're 'one hour's commute' is
over-optimistic.

I used to commute from a small village just south of Guildford
(about 30 miles from London), and it'd take me more than an hour
to reach Waterloo, let alone a place of work in central London.

This was mostly because getting from home to Guildford station used
to take me 20 minutes or so; by the time you add a reasonable time
to get from Waterloo to the office, and it was nearer 120 minutes
door-to-door. While Finchley isn't exactly Central London I think
the point is clear enough even so.

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