Respect for other members - specifically those in a suburban area

[BeardyMan]

(11 February 2013, 12:04)NorthernRaider Wrote: Reducing the threat to your wifes safety from crime or terrorism or germs spread on public transport by moving closer to her job is first rate common sense prepping, Wise prepping is making the best of what you have got and your example typifies that. Most crime of late especially towards female commuters appears to happen during the commute, So you did exactly what I would do if faced with those same circumstances.

In my own wifeys cases we are trying to cut her commute into the city by trying to get her office moved to one of the rural community hospitals nearer home, after all shes a community based nurse so her office does not have to be in the city. Its just persuading her bosses to let her grab an office out of town.

Really with the NHS overhaul, your good wife should be offered a hot desk anywhere she chooses. There's a new phrase in our office - agile working - you might find after April the bosses are going to be a lot more inclined to offer an office as close to home as possible. Jobs in Leeds are on offer to me living down south. Have to go to leeds once a month, but I can work from any NHS office really, the closer to home the better!
Moving into the city really wasn't my first choice, but the wife is the one with the permanent job, so sacrifices have to be made. And the childminder is just round the corner, nice and close to home. I made sure we picked a house that is fairly well defensible, 270 degree field of fire from the bay window on the corner (top and bottom) on the corner of a normal road and a dead end road too (about 8 houses deep) with a huge open area behind the houses, currently closed to the public, that used to be a playing field. Plenty of escape routes. We did find a brilliant old house on the outskirts on Winchester / Romsey but the owner only wanted tenants for 9 months as he was demolishing the property to build 12 houses The cottage was very cool, had basement and everything. Now that's going to be replaced with some horrid modern buildings. Bloody property developers - almost as bad as Parking Nazi's and estate agents in my book.