Must admit I'd sooner live in Oxford than Ealing! Some better pubs for a start.

At my last job there were a few people who commuted into west London from
Oxford and environs, one woman coming in from Witney. She was glad to find an
alternative nearer home, because as she said, on a nice Summer evening she
could be sitting in her garden with a nice cool drink rather than sitting in
her car stuck in traffic on Hanger Lane. Maybe travelling other direction would
be easier.
Another person used to change trains at Ealing. And a bloke I know comes in by
the Oxfod bus and trains into London from Park Royal. Commuting out to Oxford
must be less usual. You could train from Ealing, or pick up the bus at
Hillingdon.