Our flat is a 10-mins walk from our office in Canary Wharf. Colleagues and friends often asked why we want to stay in a dull place - an area bereft of food, drinks and life come evening weekdays. On weekends, the area is a dead town - similar to Shenton Way (imagine staying in Shenton Way - w/o the 24/7 kopitiams).
But it is time like this where we appreciate the little joys of walking to/fro office from home. These Metro staff are probably some of the best-paid (and under-worked) blue-collar workers in London, possibly taking home £50k/year. Yet more than enough is never enough. Such "defiance" will never happen in Singapore (note my disclaimer above).
Yes, we may be living close to work, in a "lifeless" place (then again, all bricks and concrete do not have lives!). But we are certainly for the better in this case.
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