I am a bit late for the accommodation and so my only current option is to either get expensive accommodation in the city centre of the university town, or get slightly cheaper private accommodation in a town about 15 or so miles away. I am a keen cyclist and so a 15 mile ride is not that big of a deal, plus there is a bus route that goes between these towns. My question therefore is, will I regret this at some point and how will it play out logistically? Also I guess another downside is that I will be miles away from anybody at the university as most likely everybody will have got accommodation in the university city/town itself.