[jimm]

Not sure about cheap. I spend about $350/month for the Metro North train ride from Connecticut into NYC, and half the time am riding in the 40-year old cars with dilapidated, uncomfortable seats. The NYC subway just bumped up its rates to $2.75/ride, which means I'm spending around $115/month for the subway. All that, and it takes me two hours door-to-door.

I live in Connecticut because the houses are slightly more affordable and my kids can go to decent public schools. As soon as they're out of high school in a few years we're considering moving, but all my contacts and the interesting, well-paying jobs are in NYC.

[xamuel]

Steep, but it's about half what I'd pay to go a much shorter distance into London (if I actually went 5 days a week). Replace 'half' with '25%' if we're accounting for exchange rates...