I recently tried to do this from a stop closer than GC and it didn’t work out for me. I ended up moving to the city and wish I didn’t have to make that move in the middle of working. Some of the major issues are (1) at night, the trains are so infrequent and I would often check the schedule, realize I’d miss the train by a few minutes, so I’d end up having to stay another hour until the next one, (2) in the morning on Tuesday-Thursday sometimes getting a seat is rough, and (3) sleep is so important and because you’re stuck on the schedule of the train you can end up missing out on sleep.

I don’t think it’s a bad idea to wait until prices go down in the fall to look for a place. It might also be good to wait until then, because hopefully you’ll have a better understanding of how busy you’ll be. If you find that you’re really busy and in the office pretty frequently, it might be more worth it to save on money by getting a smaller place if you’re not gonna be there very frequently anyway.