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> The D.C. area [...] haul out to a suburb 30 miles away [...] and metro/commuter train in. That might as well be the end of the world. The commute from that d
by eganist 8y ago
> The D.C. area [...] haul out to a suburb 30 miles away [...] and metro/commuter train in.
That might as well be the end of the world. The commute from that distance can easily crack two hours; I'd have a shorter commute driving from DC to literally the capital of the confederacy (105 miles, 1.7 hours reverse commute) than I'd have driving from Dumfries, VA into DC (30 miles, 2+ hours traffic).
Source: lived/ing inside the beltway for decades until present. Also, I've made that DC-RVA drive more times than I'd care to admit, and it was less self-harm-inducing than my standard commute from inside the beltway into DC itself.
- wyclif 8y agoAnd it's been this way for a long time. In the mid-1990's I lived in Vienna, VA and my office was in Tyson's Corner just 1.5 miles away. Yet there was no way I could eat lunch at home and drive back to the office within an hour, and it was actually faster to walk to work than drive. The only bright side to that situation was that I lived a few blocks from the Orange Line (at Dunn Loring). In 2020, would I want to be living in Vienna or Chantilly and commuting to Crystal City? No way.