Second home 2 hours v 3 hours

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According to the most recently available data, the year round resident population of Rehoboth is 91 percent white and half of the residents are senior citizens. The median age is 63.

It’s basically a retirement community. We’re not ready for that just yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly can’t imagine driving 4 hours through traffic and all you get is mediocre Delaware beaches. You have to really be obsessed with the ocean to find that even halfway worth it.

Most people in the DC area who do this, don't drive at peak times because they don't have to. Ergo, the drive is a solid 2:15-2:30 and not much of an issue.

You hear this all the time but it's just not true. Unless you live in PG County and you're driving in the middle of the night in the middle of the winter, it's not 2 hours and 15 minutes to the Delaware beaches from anywhere in the DMV. At least not anywhere where most people in the DMV who can afford a second home in the DE beaches choose to live.

DP here, our best time from our NWDC home was 2 hours and 5 minutes during an off peak time. It was regularly the 2:15-2:30 the pp indicated.

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Anonymous wrote:We bought a place at the beach during the early part of Covid when interest rates were very low and before the real run up in prices. It’s exactly 3 hours without traffic. Yes I wish it was closer but we are very much beach people. I could not get excited about a house on a lake or river. I like beach towns and all the things to do. We can walk to a lot of things including the beach. What makes it work is that my spouse works remotely and I am very part time and remote in the summer. Spouse is out there now to attend an event, and has off today so it works out. I will meet them there with the kids this weekend and stay through Monday evening. We go back and forth a lot until mid July then will spend a few weeks there before school starts.

We could get a bigger nicer home here if we didn’t have the beach house but what is the point… this area kind of sucks. I’d rather be able to get out of here and go somewhere with a more laid back lifestyle and the ocean.

I assume you’re in the DMV? What about the winter? That to me is the drawback of having a beach house in this area. Sure, the occasional weekend there in the middle of the winter is fine, but it can’t be a regular thing. Most places are closed, 90 percent of the houses are empty, the weather is cold and windy, no walking on the beach etc., and the local folks are generally either old or MAGA or both. Not that there’s anything wrong with being old . . .

We go to Rehoboth regularly year round and the vast majority of restaurants are still open. And if there’s a MAGA crowd, there is also very much the opposite end of the political spectrum.

Maybe. But it's not like very many of them are any good. Rehoboth is hardly known for fine cuisine. And no beach as a practical matter for more than half the year? No thanks.

There's a reason these places are dead in the winter. They're not desirable.

Your information is out of date. Rehoboth now has very good restaurants and the season has extended from roughly March - December. January and February are really quiet there, that's true.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly can’t imagine driving 4 hours through traffic and all you get is mediocre Delaware beaches. You have to really be obsessed with the ocean to find that even halfway worth it.

Most people in the DC area who do this, don't drive at peak times because they don't have to. Ergo, the drive is a solid 2:15-2:30 and not much of an issue.

You hear this all the time but it's just not true. Unless you live in PG County and you're driving in the middle of the night in the middle of the winter, it's not 2 hours and 15 minutes to the Delaware beaches from anywhere in the DMV. At least not anywhere where most people in the DMV who can afford a second home in the DE beaches choose to live.

DP here, our best time from our NWDC home was 2 hours and 5 minutes during an off peak time. It was regularly the 2:15-2:30 the pp indicated.

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Right now (11:30 am Monday) it's 2 hours and 44 minutes from downtown DC to Rehoboth and 3 hours and 1 minute from Rehoboth to downtown DC.

11:30 on a Monday isn't exactly on peak.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly can’t imagine driving 4 hours through traffic and all you get is mediocre Delaware beaches. You have to really be obsessed with the ocean to find that even halfway worth it.

Most people in the DC area who do this, don't drive at peak times because they don't have to. Ergo, the drive is a solid 2:15-2:30 and not much of an issue.

You hear this all the time but it's just not true. Unless you live in PG County and you're driving in the middle of the night in the middle of the winter, it's not 2 hours and 15 minutes to the Delaware beaches from anywhere in the DMV. At least not anywhere where most people in the DMV who can afford a second home in the DE beaches choose to live.

DP here, our best time from our NWDC home was 2 hours and 5 minutes during an off peak time. It was regularly the 2:15-2:30 the pp indicated.

Nope.

Google maps says it's 2:30 if you leave from upper NW DC at 11:30pm AND drive the posted speed limit to Rehobeth. If you were to drive 5 miles over the posted limit in every area, then you would reduce your travel time by roughly 10% or 15 minutes...it's safe to say many people drive more than 5 miles per hour over the posted limit, but let's settle at 10mph...which now reduces travel time by 30 minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:Two hours is our limit (we bought a house on the water 1:45ish away). It allows us to wait for Beltway traffic to clear out in the evening and still get there at a reasonable hour (by 10).

+1. Over 2 hours just seems so much longer to me than 1:45 to 2. Feels more doable for us and the kids.

Sure, 2 hours is better than 2.5 or 3, but unfortunately you can't get to the beach in 2 hours unless you're leaving at 4 AM.

That's why we opted for the mountain house for now. Once kids are older (and out of the house) we'll buy a beach house even farther away. We're thinking a flight may be easier than 3-4 hours on the road and worth it for niver beaches.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly can’t imagine driving 4 hours through traffic and all you get is mediocre Delaware beaches. You have to really be obsessed with the ocean to find that even halfway worth it.

Most people in the DC area who do this, don't drive at peak times because they don't have to. Ergo, the drive is a solid 2:15-2:30 and not much of an issue.

You hear this all the time but it's just not true. Unless you live in PG County and you're driving in the middle of the night in the middle of the winter, it's not 2 hours and 15 minutes to the Delaware beaches from anywhere in the DMV. At least not anywhere where most people in the DMV who can afford a second home in the DE beaches choose to live.

DP here, our best time from our NWDC home was 2 hours and 5 minutes during an off peak time. It was regularly the 2:15-2:30 the pp indicated.

Nope.

Sorry you don't have a beach house and don't understand how this is done.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly can’t imagine driving 4 hours through traffic and all you get is mediocre Delaware beaches. You have to really be obsessed with the ocean to find that even halfway worth it.

Most people in the DC area who do this, don't drive at peak times because they don't have to. Ergo, the drive is a solid 2:15-2:30 and not much of an issue.

You hear this all the time but it's just not true. Unless you live in PG County and you're driving in the middle of the night in the middle of the winter, it's not 2 hours and 15 minutes to the Delaware beaches from anywhere in the DMV. At least not anywhere where most people in the DMV who can afford a second home in the DE beaches choose to live.

DP here, our best time from our NWDC home was 2 hours and 5 minutes during an off peak time. It was regularly the 2:15-2:30 the pp indicated.

Nope.

Google maps says it's 2:30 if you leave from upper NW DC at 11:30pm AND drive the posted speed limit to Rehobeth. If you were to drive 5 miles over the posted limit in every area, then you would reduce your travel time by roughly 10% or 15 minutes...it's safe to say many people drive more than 5 miles per hour over the posted limit, but let's settle at 10mph...which now reduces travel time by 30 minutes.

That's a myth. Google Maps doesn't assume you're going at or below the speed limit. It's much more complicated than that. It assumes you're going with real traffic in real time. Nice try, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly can’t imagine driving 4 hours through traffic and all you get is mediocre Delaware beaches. You have to really be obsessed with the ocean to find that even halfway worth it.

Most people in the DC area who do this, don't drive at peak times because they don't have to. Ergo, the drive is a solid 2:15-2:30 and not much of an issue.

You hear this all the time but it's just not true. Unless you live in PG County and you're driving in the middle of the night in the middle of the winter, it's not 2 hours and 15 minutes to the Delaware beaches from anywhere in the DMV. At least not anywhere where most people in the DMV who can afford a second home in the DE beaches choose to live.

DP here, our best time from our NWDC home was 2 hours and 5 minutes during an off peak time. It was regularly the 2:15-2:30 the pp indicated.

Nope.

Sorry you don't have a beach house and don't understand how this is done.

This isn't a UVA thread, lol.

[Anonymous]

Mine is just under 3 hours. I don’t mind the time, but I hate all the miles on my car. My ideal would be 1.5 hours away, which is the distance to my parents house. So easy to do, even just for a day.

[Anonymous]

I just love all the posters who insist that it isn't a major hassle to drive from any part of the DMV that isn't PG or Anne Arundel County to Rehoboth, Dewey, Bethany or Ocean City in the summer. It's just laughable.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly can’t imagine driving 4 hours through traffic and all you get is mediocre Delaware beaches. You have to really be obsessed with the ocean to find that even halfway worth it.

Most people in the DC area who do this, don't drive at peak times because they don't have to. Ergo, the drive is a solid 2:15-2:30 and not much of an issue.

You hear this all the time but it's just not true. Unless you live in PG County and you're driving in the middle of the night in the middle of the winter, it's not 2 hours and 15 minutes to the Delaware beaches from anywhere in the DMV. At least not anywhere where most people in the DMV who can afford a second home in the DE beaches choose to live.

DP here, our best time from our NWDC home was 2 hours and 5 minutes during an off peak time. It was regularly the 2:15-2:30 the pp indicated.

Nope.

Google maps says it's 2:30 if you leave from upper NW DC at 11:30pm AND drive the posted speed limit to Rehobeth. If you were to drive 5 miles over the posted limit in every area, then you would reduce your travel time by roughly 10% or 15 minutes...it's safe to say many people drive more than 5 miles per hour over the posted limit, but let's settle at 10mph...which now reduces travel time by 30 minutes.

That's a myth. Google Maps doesn't assume you're going at or below the speed limit. It's much more complicated than that. It assumes you're going with real traffic in real time. Nice try, though.

Google Maps calculates travel time by considering multiple factors, including distance, speed limits, real-time traffic conditions, historical traffic patterns, and user behavior. It breaks down routes into segments, analyzes speeds on each segment, and then combines this data to estimate the overall travel time.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:

1. Distance and Speed Limits:
The basic calculation involves determining the distance between the origin and destination and then applying the relevant speed limits for each road segment.

You have to get down to the #5 and below aspects of the algorithm before it starts adjusting based on how you describe...i.e., it's far less important than distance and speed limits.

From where I am to Rehoboth is 128 miles, of which 60 miles is highway where if there is no traffic then one could easily be driving 75+ (and you see it all the time on the beltway and 50) for that stretch.

[Anonymous]

2 hours would be my limit. Anything longer than that and someone in the car would be whining.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly can’t imagine driving 4 hours through traffic and all you get is mediocre Delaware beaches. You have to really be obsessed with the ocean to find that even halfway worth it.

Most people in the DC area who do this, don't drive at peak times because they don't have to. Ergo, the drive is a solid 2:15-2:30 and not much of an issue.

You hear this all the time but it's just not true. Unless you live in PG County and you're driving in the middle of the night in the middle of the winter, it's not 2 hours and 15 minutes to the Delaware beaches from anywhere in the DMV. At least not anywhere where most people in the DMV who can afford a second home in the DE beaches choose to live.

DP here, our best time from our NWDC home was 2 hours and 5 minutes during an off peak time. It was regularly the 2:15-2:30 the pp indicated.

Nope.

Google maps says it's 2:30 if you leave from upper NW DC at 11:30pm AND drive the posted speed limit to Rehobeth. If you were to drive 5 miles over the posted limit in every area, then you would reduce your travel time by roughly 10% or 15 minutes...it's safe to say many people drive more than 5 miles per hour over the posted limit, but let's settle at 10mph...which now reduces travel time by 30 minutes.

That's a myth. Google Maps doesn't assume you're going at or below the speed limit. It's much more complicated than that. It assumes you're going with real traffic in real time. Nice try, though.

Google Maps calculates travel time by considering multiple factors, including distance, speed limits, real-time traffic conditions, historical traffic patterns, and user behavior. It breaks down routes into segments, analyzes speeds on each segment, and then combines this data to estimate the overall travel time.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:

1. Distance and Speed Limits:
The basic calculation involves determining the distance between the origin and destination and then applying the relevant speed limits for each road segment.

You have to get down to the #5 and below aspects of the algorithm before it starts adjusting based on how you describe...i.e., it's far less important than distance and speed limits.

From where I am to Rehoboth is 128 miles, of which 60 miles is highway where if there is no traffic then one could easily be driving 75+ (and you see it all the time on the beltway and 50) for that stretch.

Ok I will concede that if you drive 75+ miles an hour for half the trip AND there is no traffic you can drive the 128 miles on two hours.

Sounds like a nice leisurely drive to your second home!