1. Half the time people are shocked that there even is a zone 6.
2. And this is what they imagine it looks like.
3. You may have just given up and just started saying you live in Essex/Kent/Surrey/Middlesex.
4. Basically you have to explain yourself every time you're asked where you live.
5. Sometimes you have to fight the urge to get really defensive about it.
6. No one can really ever be bothered to come round to yours.
7. And when you go out, you feel like Cinderella.
8. Or you feel like a burden on your friends because you have to stay over at someone's.
9. But it's actually quite lovely.
10. Replacement bus services basically mean you can't go to work.
11. But you can always get a seat on the tube if you live at the end of a line.
12. But if you take one of the commuter trains from the counties then you're fucked like everyone else in London.
13. You curse the privatisation of the railways because your Travelcard is so fucking expensive.
Forgot my monthly #travelcard this morning & paid 4 it; £16.40 for a peak daily travelcard in #London! #Ripoff
14. You probably have power naps on your commute.
Casually asleep on the tube at 3.30pm #asyoudo #londontube http://t.co/NWL3G147OB
What else are you supposed to do for 40 minutes?
15. But you get a bit more for your money in terms of accommodation.
16. There is actually a temperature change from central London.
