Damned if you do, damned if you don't

I know I've been complaining about my few days with public transport, but I've come to realise that taking the car isn't any better. On an avarage day, it takes about 45-50 minutes to get to work by car, and about 40-45 by train. About the same time, if you include various train delays, which aren't that uncommon on the strech from Roskilde to Copenhagen. There doesn't seem to be any way of getting to work faster, unless I get into the office around 7 or after 9.30, which is either too soon or too late... We've been talking about moving back to the city, but then we would loose the option of having a garden and patio to use (when the weather allows it), since that would be way too expensive, and the traveling time probably wouldn't be much better. If we want something that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, we've got the choice of either a tiny appartment (probably with no light) or something reasonably sized, but further out. It doesn't need to be that far away from the center of copenhagen, before it'll take me 20+ min. to get to work. Even if I choose to ride a bike, which is probably the fastest way to get through Copenhagen, if you don't happen to live near the metro. And since appartments near a metro station has gone up in price, it probably wouldn't be afordable.. My conclusion is, that we might as well stay in Roskilde, and just take the train instead. It might be more expensive for the two of us, and we're bound to be hit by delays, but at least it's possible to read a book or sleep on the way, and on a good day it will be faster than taking the car.