Dulles is very much still in the middle of nowhere for me. It takes an hour to go from Capitol Hill to Dulles on the Silver Line, usually longer or about the sa

Dulles is very much still in the middle of nowhere for me. It takes an hour to go from Capitol Hill to Dulles on the Silver Line, usually longer or about the same time than driving in rush hour. It is 11 minutes to DCA on the Yellow Line. What has made Dulles not the middle of nowhere is the growth in the Northwest VA suburbs, Reston, Ashburn, all those server farms and defense contractors shifting the center of gravity in the DC region.