I can work from home a fair bit if I want, but spend four days a week in the office if I can.
To be fair it is only the expense I find objectionable. The main train part is the exact length of a TV episode, I always get a seat both ways in comfort with a table and power and air conditioning. Most people I know who work on London, if they really think about their door to door time, come in at about an hour commute typically. For the extra forty minutes each way I get to live in a village surrounded by fields, in a 500 year old house twice the size of what I could afford in surbubia and in the Summer I can come home and drive out for a picnic on the beach.
Working locally isn't an option as I wouldn't find a job like mine. I've commuted for 25 years to the centre of London from as close in as zone 3, from typical suburban towns around the M25, and now really quite far out and this commute is by the far most enjoyable I've ever had despite the bizzare fact I could be in France quicker than my office!
