Agreed, He's 22 and a university graduate at the start of his career. He is hopefully making a good platform for a long and fruitful working life, he realises the sacrifice he currently making that will hold him in good stead for the future. He's not planning to do it for more that a couple of...
And cost, It cost him £16 per day in fuel, He would rather not drive but there is no real alternative. Leaves at 5 in the morning and get home at 9 in the evening. He can't get a room for that money hence the commute, what would a train ticket from Hove to Southampton at peak times.
It's not always that simple, my boy commutes to Southampton from Brighton each day, we live on the outskirts so it's a 40 min bus journey to the station or £10 per day parking and from Southampton Station which I believe there are no direct trains between the two? It's another 20 min walk so...