Commuting can drag the course and Uni experience down, trust me, I done it for a year through my Foundation course to Coventry on the train everyday. At first it can be un-encouraging, the time it takes, the money that is needed for this, but I said to myself "lets see it through". Given my foundation was only for a year, but my point is that by a couple of months in it became a natural morning pattern.
Try it out for a couple of months, feel the same? Then look into moving, but don't jump on the bandwagon just yet, give it a go.