London is Full

After 8 years commuting into the over priced poop hole - i want to move further out. I cant see the benefits of being there anymore. I'll still be going in and out for meetings so the format of the vids shouldn't change, but i just want some more time in my life for things outside of 'work'.

[@Crana]

You could buy a mansion with a shit ton of land up north for 800k why are people obsessed with London and living in a shoe box?

[@Max-vq9xd]

He lives in the country.

[@JustaQuad]

Because no ones wants to live up North

[@ScottZ370]

Because if you didn't live in London you wouldn't have the salary to afford a big house up north...

[@Trooper125R]

+Just a Quad Lol I have family in the south so spend a lot of time there. But I know where I'd rather be...

[@RedLineRevsRLR]

+Crana A few years ago, my parents lived with my grandad and they sold the house in Chiswick for nearly a million pounds. We moved just outside London (still within the m25) and managed to get 2 houses better than the one in chiswick and had left over cash for furniture, bills etc.

[@AdjrianNickelodeon]

Dude I'm only just now realising this 5 years into my daily 3 hour commute. I don't have a family but I do have better things to do. Currently working on that quality of life shit too. Good luck to you.

[@MGOniciuffo]

+AdjrianNickelodeon Assuming 235 working days, you spent 3525 hours on your commute, which equals 147 days or almost 5 months (!). I worked for two months in a place with a daily 1 hour commute and even then I don't think I would have been happy doing that for a full year. Good luck figuring out a solution, and props to you for not going crazy after 5 years! :)

[@SkyeEyeSightings]

+MGOniciuffo Feel you deserve recognition for being nice in a KZbin comment even though it was not related to me at all, thanks.

[@AdjrianNickelodeon]

***** I don't know any bike rental places here but Parra is a major hub for the trains. Quickest and easiest route into the city from Parramatta would be the train.

[@GriffDawg94]

+AdjrianNickelodeon would you agree the shit he's describing is what sydney is turning into?

[@AdjrianNickelodeon]

Ftp2233 Sydney is already full of shit humans. No one gives a fuck about anyone in this city. BVG is right.

[@BaronVonGrumble]

cock ball and the dweebs.

[@EarthGainX]

+BaronVonGrumble I love London it'll always be the city for me. I don't live in the UK anymore but its still a great place. The problem is its populated with a large number of bellends and the rent and prices are extortionate. There's a whole world out there..

[@cornish_boy6235]

Come down to Devon/Cornwall, plenty of roads to fuck about on a gorgeous buildings, lol

[@NefariousVirtuoso88]

+BaronVonGrumble Come to Manchester and I will work for you.

[@itzzryno5580]

+BaronVonGrumble can i send you stuff?

[@mcgameing1]

+BaronVonGrumble you need to meet karl pilkington HAHAHAA

[@CalmBiker]

Never been a fan of London. I like living in places where when you blow your nose the results aren't black.

[@jnbarnes14]

😂

[@Thunderous71]

Me have shed you rent now... come with free internet via next door neighbor he not know how to secure router, very good speed. Also free chair and bike workbench. You pay now 1k!

[@UKBusDashCam]

Life is too short as it is.., and with an 1hr 30 min commute just to get there. After 8 years of doing it, plus paying for the privilege of.... Well fuck all by the sounds of it. Your doing the right the thing. Your boy can actually spend quality father son time. And that is something you can't put a price on.

[@decidedtoride]

This week on Escape to the Country...

[@richardfld]

Urgh. I hate London (and pretty much all over cities) with a passion, and what's even more annoying is all these arseholes that make such a big fuss and act about moving there and then make this big song and dance about they are somehow better than you and then start slagging off anywhere that isn't London. Had more than a few 'friends' that moved to London because they thought it'd make them really trendy and that they'd end up millionaires and high flying city executives and shit... In the end the only thing they became was insufferable arse holes. I'll stick to my nice little house in the country, thank you very much. Zero traffic, complete peace and quiet, nice clean air and I can do what I want and when I want. Actually, I encourage more people to move to cities, that way I can make sure I can enjoy my nice little slice of countryside in peace :)

[@cockshield]

+richardfld Ironic that it's called the Countryside, when there are far more cunts living in the cities.

[@muttonshutter]

I left London and moved to Nottingham 3 weeks ago, I don't miss it, I thought I would but I don't, fuck London. as for paranoid hangovers that's what happens when you get older mate.

[@reabhloid1784]

Don't blame you Baron. I'm over in Covent Garden and it's going up all the time. No surprise people barely last a year here when they open up. Flats here too, 550k for a studio

[@LambChopRides]

Laid up with a broken ankle pulling my hair out (don't have enough to spare) thanks for the extra uploads keeping me sane :)

[@JoeGo101]

yeah crazy how expensive everything is now :/ I think think the govt would give a bit more incentive when you have a business. I dont think they want people to work hard and build a business and create jobs anymore.

[@OrcaGT]

Or how about remote working primarily and using co-working spaces for your team when they need it... but of course it won't work for everyone :)

[@thedailydreamer2628]

is a video with Mr Ben brown coming Mr.BvG?

[@thedailydreamer2628]

+TheRandomChannelTV Yeah, I was just interested to know if a video from Baron's perspective was coming or if there would be a future motovlog together.

[@Tomskii5]

+The Daily Dreamer That would be sweeeeeeet

[@Tomskii5]

+TheRandomChannelTV Wait where? on his motovlog channel?

[@Tomskii5]

Thanks, looks like I missed that vlog or i didn't pay attention to it (wtf was wrong with me lol)

[@wakisiffredi9193]

+The Daily Dreamer its out already and Ben Brown gives us a partial face reveal of the Baron and includes BVGs license plate number for fun

[@TheM750]

Great to see another BvG upload so soon!

[@MuddySump]

I always wonder that when I have to drive through London. Always get stuck in traffic somewhere. I only have to do it every now and again, can't believe people do it everyday. By the time they get home it must be straight to bed to get up early and try and get to work again

[@bedninja68]

+MuddySump I read recently that London is the 5th most congested city in the world; even Manchester was 9th. We're being hemmed in.

[@celotape14]

I could barley stand 2 years there, moved out to Bristol, much much better.

[@thedonqwet]

who thumbed down? I'll eat your eyes out. WHO GOD DAMN IT!!!

[@maximXX]

There's 64 of them now! Your going to need some help!

[@Willemmoseley]

What about Winchester? Hour from London by train if you have clients there, still a premium city (don't know what your business is but from what i gather its not something tacky) A272 is on your doorstep to blast down on a break and it has has fast internet. its expensive but not London expensive

[@Willemmoseley]

Perhaps posting people's personal facebooks in the comments of a video is not the smartest thing in the world...

[@Willemmoseley]

*****​umm

[@Willemmoseley]

Good good, what a knob

[@BaronVonGrumble]

+Willem Moseley its utterly bemusing why people even give a shit. anyway, yes Winchester is nice :)

[@Willemmoseley]

Ik, its the amount effort people put in to try and get that kind of info as well, for what purpose? And yeah it is, top of town is full of businesses big and small, plus theres a multistory car park that takes bikes

[@TheKruxed]

Come to Morayshire Baron, you can buy a farm/mansion for the price of a 2 bed flat, has it own micro climate and they actually pay businesses in the town I live in :-)

[@giff74]

I don't know how anyone lives in the older European cities, they all seem over crowded and expensive as frak.

[@countgrumpster]

Damn right... Im planning on doing the same thing... Need to get out of town. And bang on there with the Ugly building, its like all the over privileged moving to Dalston, WTF, 5 years a go you wouldn't be seen dead in dalston, now its all the rage because people want to live like scumbags in dirty shit holes because others will think they are ambassadors of a new "Cool" age and write blogs based on their worthless enterprises built within a naive mind set that what they're doing is making a difference for the good of the country!! When really all they are doing is pushing the bad further underground, and brushing the bigger issue under the carpet! Good vlog by the way, sorry to rant on your page! Peace! CG.

[@pixel_spy5302]

I wish you would tell us what you do for a living, I get that youre being private which I dont really blame you for it but maybe just a small video giving some insight as to what exactly you do that causes you to have the ability to own the multitude of bikes you do and the land you own.

[@dharris85]

+Heartshapedenemy He owns an video/animation company in London

[@brantchristopfel2130]

+Heartshapedenemy he does youtube, and maintains this/his channel. If you have 130,000+ subscribers, I can assure you KZbin is paying you to continue pumping out quality content.

[@George_Azeria]

+Brant Christopfel not enough

[@ChiefJay]

I've ridden in Miami and Washington DC, DC being some of the worst traffic in the USA, but watching London videos make it seem like a whole other sort of insanity. I would go crazy dealing with that every day.

[@NoVacancies]

That incident at 8:45 proves everything you said about the people in London...

[@Slipprymongoose]

That's fricken nuts for council rates. Love the way your GS pops on the down shift. Do you still have the superduke?

[@ridingspitfire3601]

Do it!! Get out of the shit stack that is London! Although I do enjoy watching you ride around Central London. Keep up the good work mate :)

[@Patryk_Luna]

I'm with you, Baron. Fuck this place.

[@ozjuice]

got out 20 years ago...was bad then!

[@CharlieMcMann]

Move to Henley! It's the best town outside of Londonshire.

[@0121cole]

build yourself a shed at the bottom of the garden and work from there

[@TheSavageGarage]

i know london is a good place to make contacts and what not, but i have never understood why people want to live/spend loads of time there. I would hate it! not to mention the price of everything.

[@stkrbombd]

Commuting sucks. Being jobless sucks worse. Hope you find the middle ground dude!!

[@SimonSezRide]

Hey buddy come visit Mumbai once, you will find London much better after that :)

[@engleshen]

Moving out of London is what caused the problem, people start to commute and not always used public transportation or bicycles to go to London. The solution is make London a more livable city for the people and tourists and not for cars, that are almost the reason of the problem. Thats why you think London is full, its not, its full of cars trying to get into town! Good video as always :)

[@BaronVonGrumble]

+Luigi Mario surely if thats the case, you're issue is that people work in london... not that people moved out.

[@engleshen]

With so much advances in technology its amazing how jobs still require your presence in a workplace instead of working from home.

[@nilsmichaeljoseph]

Well...If you have the luxury to decide, where you want to work, do it. At a certain point in your working life, you can´t choose anything else to do, because fuck it, I´m not my own boss. I should´ve done some media related stuff or so... Your office is bigger than my appartment :D And now what. I´m 26yo. Working as a paramedic. 12 hour shifts. For small money. Fuck this shit...

[@bedninja68]

+ColorsOfMayhem - Motorcycle Videos I'm in a similar position, but don't even own property due to a divorce. Thank god for bikes.

[@sirlloyd6386]

All of life's riddles are answered during helmet time... Hearing Dr Grumble's helmet time personal therapy is a joy

[@MaxUtley]

thank fuck I escaped from London 30 years ago and went to somewhere nice. What a horrible horrible karsi London is .....it's like Karachi on bin day but without the warmth, charm and affordable curries. Baron is sometimes amusing, although mostly its like listening to someone with Tourette's Aspergers and painful haemorrhoids. Mostly I just enjoy him being stuck in traffic, showing flames coming out of exhaust pipes and him being cold and miserable

[@Dracati]

Peace OUT bro !!! Luvd the 'Ugly Grumble', too !!! ;) Always go with your Gut... (& always Blame the Cager :)

[@bloodynoobtubename]

Baron, the content of this video is just way too real for me. Great video

[@SKBKER]

Well my grumble is that not a single person (including you) kept out of the ASLs . Anyway as you now things are changing and more stuff will be put in place for cyclists benefits . Also more traffic cameras will be fitted and detect when you enter the ASL after the red light so you'll all get tickets .

[@storegga]

Come to Scotland! More people live in London, than the entire population of Scotland. Let it sink in... the city of London has almost 3 million more people in it than the entire country of Scotland.

[@MrSlowestD16]

Yea, I think you're making the right choice. What you're describing isn't just London, it's every city, everywhere. Every area in general is overpopulated now and cities are about 50x much more so. The only thing that brings most people to cities is the job market, so if you don't NEED to be in the city, for whatever reason, there's the highest probability that you don't want to be there. Now there's obvious exceptions, like that ugly shit office building is some hipster bullshit right there (you guys have hipsters in England, right?), but I wouldn't say that's the norm. Houses in the city here go for like 600k (USD) for a town-house, typically around 800-1.3 mil for a small 3BR single family home. I go out of the city and you can get those same single family homes for like 300k with a bigger plot of land, no restrictive HOA fees, lower taxes, etc. Makes no sense to be in the city if you make your career else-where. If i ever become self-sufficient there's no way I'd live in a city. Preferably I"d live outside one so that I could go in to meet clients or whatever, but ideally I wouldn't live close enough one that I'm paying through the teeth for everything. It's insanity. What does BVG do? I've been subbed for awhile, I know it's something to do with journalism or photography (mcy photo journalist?), but don't know exactly. For something like that I'd think there's no reason to be IN the city.

[@bob808]

Sydney, NSW Australia is much the same! If businesses were smart, they would adjust their hours of operation. When a million+ people are trying to get to work everyday, it makes no sense for every company to open and close at the same times!

[@BaronVonGrumble]

+Bob808 i often think that if Aliens were looking down at us from the galaxy they would automatically assume humans lack the intellect required for interstellar communications due to the simple fact we all go to work at the same time.

[@PainterFRO]

+BaronVonGrumble They are probably watching us like we are all watching you..Comical episode of the humans lighting a fire under their ass to get home when work is out!

[@Tripleb6036]

Omg baron, sometimes it's like you have the same brain as me. Guilt hangovers, yep get them even when I've been good I just wake up with this feeling of oh shit what did I do last night 😂.

[@M-squaredUk]

Agreed BVG. Managed 4 years in London before I realised that the "vacuous" nature of the place wasn't for me or the business. Worked this out after finding myself rage filled and swearing under my breath at everyone who dared exist on the commute. Old women, vicars, tourists with their fucking red rucksacks. All fair game. Being a bell-end didn't suit me. Partial bell-ending is much more my speed.

[@bikerrrmouse8765]

very true Baron mate. Life is too short and London is a clusterfuck good luck with the move!

[@usualsuspect3554]

Mr. Grumble. May I ask, what is the thumping noise when you downshift on your beastly GS? I can't figure out if it's an exhaust pop or what? Thanks in advance xoxo 😘

[@PendellTheEnigmaUKZz]

Baron, move to Sutton, down south London. Pretty nice area, not too expensive, some of the lower crime rates in London and generally not too bad traffic. Town centre usually has a lot of people about. Downside, it's very near Mitcham, where I live, and it's a fucking shithole, and often many of the chavs from Mitcham will end up in Sutton, taking away from the peace of the area. Depends on your market though I guess, not a particularly rich area, nor are the surrounding areas, and it is somewhat out of the way of the rest of London. Generally though, pretty nice area and if you want to stay within range of the rest of London, it's very good as there's many travel links.

[@yardblah5161]

to right. I cannot wait to move out of London..ok to work in..but not to raise a family. £750,000 for the terraced house I grew up in! front garden the size of a coke tin and a back garden the size of a shoe box...space equals bliss in my book

[@metalheadvlogs]

The trouble is that as London fills up, it spills out, so even less desirable areas are now expensive to live and work in (I believe the term is up and coming - aka a premium shithole). So maybe one option would be purchase some private cloud solution! let everyone work from home and then use some webconfrencing/collaboration software to work remotely. OK, I don't know what your business is so that may not be a viable alternative but it is an option for some...

[@LiamS94]

You're right, London is full, too overpriced and being bought and rented out by arabs. And it's full of angry people and makes you angry too. A lot of the line of work I hope to get in after university is within London but I'm going to try my hardest to stay *out* of there because even just driving up and down the M3 fucks my day right up.

[@Lastaii]

Yep totally agree, as I get older I have less and less time for London. Too many people, too much traffic, nowhere to freaking park, ridiculous prices for everything. If you don't *have* to work there, then why would you?

[@Hayley1993UK]

i never get tired of baron :) mainly coz of the accent

[@TheBizonGaming]

Let me give you some prices of 2 bedroom flat, with no garden in Chelsea : £ 2.5 -3 million, and it's such a shit hole as well. Outside of London you can build a villa for 3 million.

[@itsme__db]

This is why i love my city. All of the work opportunity of a big city, none of the big city bullshit. Sounds like you're moving for all of the right reasons BvG!

[@coldlikechips]

On March the 13th in 2013 you posted a video saying that the commute was putting you under so much stress and you couldn't do it anymore. It's nice that your finally going to have a break from it :)

[@Mach1Aussie]

Silk balaclava on the Jizz Machine ! I lived in Clapham when I was living in the UK for a few years....even the rents there were still pretty extortionate.

[@MrNeeds]

What's the alternative? Boris' congestion charge and further to travel, i'm assuming you live within the CG zone so it's going to cost you to get out of London everyday, or you can move to the outskirts and move your business on the outskirts as well,

[@AussieR1]

That's such a crazy long commute even on a bike. At least you get a lot of time to capture BVG thoughts.

[@maximada2003]

BVG, Ive always wondered what would make you happy and content? haha

[@iancarman]

I was pouring my first glass of scotch just as you were mentioning the guilt hangover part... bugger it I'm committed! I'll just regret it tomorrow

[@ir0n2541]

A person living in London would need to make at least 60k per annum to live a decent lifestyle, 75k+ per annum to be relatively comfortable.

[@jacktyler5241]

+BaronVonGrumble I need some advice. I'm completing my direct access very soon and need a good bike suggestion for someone who will be riding daily. I'm fortunate enough to get a discount on BMW and Ducati so my interests currently are; BMW 1000RR, BMW Nine T, Ducati 821 Dark. I'm also moving into west London (Shpeherds Bush), but will be travelling west towards Guildford/Reading/Wokingham for the less local journeys. I recognise many of the areas you ride through so I'm really interested in what you'd sugggest for a beginner . So please take this into account. Lastly, your filtering advice, on top of my OTT cautiousness, has proven very useful. Thank you.

[@ivanandhismightysteed]

Maybe on a business startup it matters but not if ur business is an established mofo - the guy with the scaffolding smash at 5:24 didn't approve of that 13k tax bill either - good luck on the relocation rsm

[@philparry7116]

When people ask why my old business was in North Wales: Chester in 20 mins, Manchester and Liverpool in an 1hr 30min. London in 3hrs AND Snowdonia - 20mins, The beach, 20mins, The most amazing countryside, 15 mins, my house 10 mins. House prices compared to London - HAHAHAHAHAH, Quality of life - fantastic.

[@MOTOPT]

It is only one life per turn, and depending on what we believe the next may not be very good. Better live the present moment in total fun. Big V Baron.

[@bjmartinphotography]

People who drink a lot and then just don't drink because they over do it. Moderation, folks, stop the extreme drink a lot or not at all. I've known so many people like this.

[@ComandanteJ]

Me and my family lived in Madrid, typical big city, lots of traffic, at least an hour commute, people running everywhere, well, trying to run, anyway, there is so much people that you cant even move... AND, astronomical prices for everything floor-related (120.000€ for a parking space? FUCK YOU!). So, we moved to a smaller city, Sevilla, still a "city", around 1.600.000 people in the metro area, still shit traffic sometimes, but... most of the time you can get from one point to the other without stopping anywhere but traffic lights. Commute time went from at least one hour, to 20 minutes tops. And prices both for our business and our home are much, much better. We dont regret it a bit.

[@Gregg4886]

It's not just the fact you would be saving a big portion of a 13k price tag on just existing there! Think how a part of that could help towards growing your business!!! That's a lot of cash per year! Some places across the UK that would get you decent admin help!! P.s. Love you Baron, you made me sell my cage last year and now I'm a full fledge biker! With a shiny helmet and everything!!! Love from a small (but perfectly formed) business in the North!!! ;)

[@rorrt]

11:10. My favourite building in London.. Or one of them. Trellick Tower. Berlin and Nantes were given Corbusier's Unite D'Habitation, which is considerate, attractive, modern architecture. And we were given Trellick, and Balfron. But i still love it.. Not to live in that is, that said! They're pretty expensive flats now.

[@gigabiker936]

Hi Bazzer. You live in my neck of the woods. I run a small business too. Having an office (if you actually need one?) in Guildford, Haslemere, or Petersfield is a good compromise - easy into town by train or A3, but still just about sane, from a work-life point of view. BTW how d'you set up the Drift microphone to cancel out all the wind noise inside your helmet? I can't get it sorted. Love the vids, keep 'em coming.

[@tristramgordon8252]

I spent 15 years in London (eighties), talk about stress! Never got home from centre of London weekdays before 9.30 at night. Train (nightmare), car (another fucking nightmare), now, highlands of Scotland, awesomeness on doorstep every morning and bike parked outside!

[@bikersquest]

Can't blame you I remember when I was renting near my work place 2 mile commute instead of 12 which gave me more than an hour of free time every day!

[@adriancaldwell]

Sheds are tremendously underrrated work places - I design bluechip pharmaceutical exhibition stands for the likes of AstraZeneca from my £500 B&Q shed. I can't wait to get out of the inner city media agencies when I'm forced in and back to my shed I share with my guzzi

[@JamesTrimbee]

+BaronVonGrumble I think what you're describing isn't necessarily new, particularly the affect London has on people over time (most of my family lives there) but that the cost/benefit point on the graph has been crossed. The point at which you're asking something is worth it, the question is 80% rhetorical.

[@ChrisCopeful]

Presumably you're involved in media? Seems like you might want to consider Manchester in that case.

[@RobertKwolek]

I enjoyed living in London, but I always told myself I couldn't stay there unless I was a millionaire. It's unfortunate the UK economy is so London centric. Germany has a much more balanced approach with several cities in all corners of the country having strong economies, and no one city dominates. Same for the US. Just about every country is more balanced economically than the UK. In architecture though it's tough to survive if you're not in London. Just earlier this week I read of a good non-London firm going into liquidation, with the article blaming it on them not being in London. Didn't 44teeth's Alastair mention you were going to release videos of commuting on the R1 and 1299?

[@viriatvsoflvsitania5422]

It's the same here where I live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. When I moved here in 2008 it was ok on rents. But they more than doubled (almost tripled) since then, to the point where I'm considering moving out to another cheaper city not too far, sell the car and get a motorcycle like you. I'm done with high rent, heavy traffic and expensive (not to mention overcrowded) parking. Great topic video, keep them coming. Ride safe

[@Jsfun]

You could always move to less central London. Where I live, my large 4 bedroom house is worth about £600k. 15 minute walk to a train station, from there I can get a train to central London that takes about 25 mins. No idea how that would be on a bike, but not all of London is that bad. I'm in Lewisham, though road maintenance is awful here so move to any of the neighbouring councils (Bromley is really nice).

[@jezzamarkham5285]

How many bikes do you own and how many do you have regular access to ? Nice video, because you were on a bike and riding. I didn't really take any notice of that strange irritating blur of a noise in the background!! Oh was that you!! sorry. Ride safe and keep it shiny side up. Ps if you have a free bike lying around let me know. (I keep asking Honda but they don't seem to have any free bikes lying around, not even used ones. I live in hope of a used 1996 or so cb500)

[@Deadly1958]

We have a few suburbs in Perth WA where they used to have housing commission flats - the residents kept complaining how bad off they were - so they moved them all out - to "better" suburbs - gave the flats a coat of paint - some new landscaping and sold them to "Yuppies" - for an absolute fortune - oh - also re-badged the suburb to something more trendy. Also, I travelled the same road - in a car - to work for 11 years - rain or shine - decided to leave and start my own business - haven't looked back - and now - if I feel like it I can jump on my bike and ride a couple of the local roads, just to enjoy and unwind. Have a look - I've uploaded a couple of videos of such. Anyway keep on bringing those videos online - I enjoy then immensely. Thanks BVG

[@IIIErebusIII]

I never ever got the reason for living in London, I'm from Milton Keynes (Concrete city , roundabout hell or my favorite everything look's the same.) and you will see new people coming from London every week and as soon as they come here they calm down and love it the same could go for any where, And the fucking shop price's here in MK we have a hell of alot of shop's one of them debenhams a reasonable shop with reasonable price's but in London it's a fucking expensive as shit. Like two of the same dresses but in different location are £50-£100 different. Why would anyone live in London i have no idea.

[@JustaQuad]

Since you're located in Soho have you ever been / seen Soho Joe's? My uncle's restaurant ;D

[@ItsBenji90]

You should come up north where actual decent human beings live. I don't understand why you would work in London unless you absolutely have to. I've been to London a few times (though more for touristy stuff) and it feels like the whole city is geared up to take AS MUCH of your money while giving you just about fuck-all in return.

[@chrisclarke1458]

I think most people in their 30's who've lived in London for a while get this. I moved there when I was 18 and left when I was 34. Did the commute into the West End every day for years on a Honda Fireblade. I hate the place, but it teaches you how to ride a bike properly in heavy traffic! I remember my first day like it was yesterday, I was shitting myself! After a few months I got used to it. Made me a good rider, that's about the only good thing that happened there...

[@Bordtea]

This sums up my current predicament nicely - just graduated and looking for first 'proper' job, quite literally everything in my field is located in London. Live quite close to you in Hampshire - faced with 3 hour daily commute to the cost of a £5000 train season ticket, or move to London and pay the extortionate rent and living costs. Both aside from the fact there's no good bloody roads in London to ride the bike on!

[@matthines5150]

The older you get the less inclined you feel to be close to “everything”. I love London and have lived in NYC, SF, DC... it’s just not worth the struggle anymore. Plus, detached garage, that is all.

[@myviewvlogs6276]

Get you and your silk balaclava. I had hair once. I remember it well. The thought of riding in London scares the hell out of me. So busy. I could not do it. I am working on my guilty hangover at the moment. Sure tomorrow i will have my head in my hands saying why , why did it do it. Till then I am gonna have another drink. That is a crazy amount you are paying. Unbelievable. I feel your pain at the work parking matters mate. Work to live my friend, not live to work!!

[@bgingerbeer5348]

The Ugli building started life as BBC Centre House and was probably an award winning building in 196x. Presumably, it wasn't demolished owing to being made entirely of asbestos.

[@kevinfunfun4549]

Hi Baron... In some of your videos you talked about you not showing your face. Well I wanna agree to that. In no mean way I like the fact that you hold yourself "anonymous". But if you see other motovloggers, their content sucks after showing their face... I like the mystery that is concealed in the BaronVonGrumble mustache.. love phlox keep your shit together and all that

[@jamesbells]

I work from home and it works really well for me. 5 mins from the kids school for those days when you have to be there as you say. I've done this for 7 years and if anything it's helped my business grow and enriched my home life. Not to mention saved me 2.5hrs a day in traffic and allowed me more time with my kids. If you can make the decision why would you chose to do it any other way. Initially I feared exclusion and failure from certain aspects of my business but that's total rubbish. As you say you can work from anywhere nowadays. You'll have more time to sort that R100 out too.

[@motorspiker5150]

Hahaha I don't even get physical hangovers anymore, its pure guilt. I'm glad someone else knows how I feel. What the fuck is it all about? Why can't I just crave a fry up like a normal person?

[@donkmeister]

Where you started the video is quite a nice area, I used to spend a lot of time in Kingston-upon-Thames and the towns around it. You have the benefits of being out into Surrey (plenty of parks around, you can get a decent amount of house and garden without being a multi-millionaire) but you are only a few miles outside London and can get in and out easily. I used to commute into London on the A316 and A4, perfect roads for filtering.

[@TheCcponyboy]

A good idea. Even out of central London. With dedicated internet. £13,000 business rates! That could be halved and still more. Good luck Baron!

[@TCJones]

You should move to Liverpool, we have so much office space, they are giving it away rent free in some parts of the city. City built for 800k but only 400k live here, opposite problem..

[@Sevarrius]

Is it worth it? short answer: No. London is overly expensive, overly congested, unfriendly, uncaring and by and large a shit hole. The saddest part however is that if you were to bad mouth another place or city like this you would have people defending it and trying to extol it's virtues and good points, but with London I'v found the vast majority of the time that the people who live there or work there just agree with you.

[@123tobiiboii123]

I'm a design student and had dreams of working in London out of University because all the big and famous agencies are there but maybe that's just not how it is any more. When term time starts I'm going to have to commute because it's so expensive. I thought Elephant and Castle was supposed to be a shithole not somewhere you would pay a premium to live. I guess as you get further from the river everything is "up and coming" now

[@jock678]

Baron, you're becoming middle aged :). I live in the outer suburbs and now work in Hertfordshire. I haven't been into Central London for years because as you said it's full of vacuous selfish tossers.

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

I used to work post in Soho... Gets fucking annoying going in and out of central every day but I do think that it's better to be in that area for that line of work... You are near your competition, you can benefit by being in the centre of what's happening, clients sort of expect you to be around Soho and I think you can run the risk of losing good staff if you move out of Soho. You're right about the cost though, where I worked the amount of money they jacked on to the lease each year was fucking ridiculous. Fair play to you though I'm not poopooing your potential move I don't know your business but I assume you are doing well and that wherever you go your clients will follow