I'm kinda the same as GP. I used to get train then tube, not I get train then Uber. For me it's about 2x as expensive but 5 minutes shorter journey without having to deal with this[1] on 4 tubes a day. This also means I avoid this[2] at least twice a month when the tube inevitably breaks down.

It doesn't avoid the misery of the train which suffers from overcrowding every day and frequent cataclysmic failures adding anything from 30 mins to hours to your commute.

If only more companies would get on board with remote working. There is literally no need for 90% of people to be in the office 5 days a week.

1. https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/tube-596...

2. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/05/17/2B201BF40000057...

> If only more companies would get on board with remote working. There is literally no need for 90% of people to be in the office 5 days a week.

This. Worse case scenario in a city with a diverse economy is 50%, that is half of the people don't really need to be there in the first place.

I work remotely for a company who's headquarters are in a district which is a textbook example of bad urban planning.

Each time I have to be there for some reason I witness a sea of people in cars and public transport taking literally minutes to cross one intersection and I wonder - how and why do they put up with this?

You could try working somewhere other than London. You'd likely take a paycut, but you'd also probably have cheaper living.

Edinburgh and Newcastle both have thriving tech scenes with plenty of startups needing problems solved badly.

No, my day rate is 2x it'd be anywhere else in the country and the savings wouldn't come close to making up for that. I also like where I live but that doesn't mean I don't get to bitch about the state of the city I work in.

Sure. I pay twice as much, on average, to get home in a lot less than half the time.

I also support public transport. I pay for a monthly pass, every month. Do I want that to be my only option? No.

> I pay for a monthly pass, every month.

So in practise you pay more than double, as the additional public transportation you take is 'free'? Just being curious.

Uberpool was usually equivalent to Chicago public transportation personally. Some days it was roughly 20% more, but if my gf rode with me it was actually cheaper and was generally faster or aleast equivalent.

+1 on that. Uber is great for a couple or a pair of friends.