Not exactly. A functioning train network means that you get people living in London and working in Brighton, or living in Cambridge and working in Oxford.
Many European cities have healthy patterns like this. For example, there’s a lot of shared labour between Amsterdam, Utrecht, Den Haag, and even Rotterdam.
Their art studio / gym / dance classes / choral group is in London
Their friends and family are all in London
There are lots of reasons. Additionally, as you diversify the transport network and spread work locations around, housing costs even out across the region.
Not exactly. A functioning train network means that you get people living in London and working in Brighton, or living in Cambridge and working in Oxford.
Many European cities have healthy patterns like this. For example, there’s a lot of shared labour between Amsterdam, Utrecht, Den Haag, and even Rotterdam.
Why on earth would anyone pay London prices for a house and pay commuting costs when they could just live in Brighton?
There are lots of reasons. Additionally, as you diversify the transport network and spread work locations around, housing costs even out across the region.