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We did and never looked back. It was a fairly easy decision though because my family lives here. We now have a bigger house and a bigger back yard than we did before and than we could afford in the city. My husbands commute is between 45-1 hour depending on traffic. His commute used to be just under 10 minutes. He misses that sometimes, but the pros far out weigh the cons for us.
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Not exactly the same, but my husband spent a year with an hour each way commute and it was awful. He worked 4 days a week, but the commute sucked up so much time! That was pre-baby, so it was annoying but not the end of the world. Now, if he had to do that, he'd have so little time with baby during the week. Honestly, if it was a situation where one would have a bad commute and one would have a good commute, I'd go with the cheaper house. But I'd be very hesitant to give us both sucky commutes.
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@Foodnerd81: Ha! Exactly. Which is why not being in the city isn't as big of a deal to us. We do have to drive more, but we can still get to the places we want to quickly. And since we have a LO now, we're not enjoying the nightlife unless we have a babysitter, and again - not much harder then to go out!
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@stratosphere: We were in the SW - Wimbledon first, then Putney. I worked in Maida Vale and he was in Canary Wharf, so the commute wasn't terrible, but wasn't great either.
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I have. I couldn't deal with the commute and being that far away from my kid and dog . We moved to an immediate suburb where I can walk to bars/restaurants/grocery store/daycare and I can be at my office in 20 minutes. I work from home 4 days a week and love that I can go in if it is really needed
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