Panhandle West Virginia: Becoming an exurb of DC?

[Anonymous]

The term for metropolitan DC has seemingly expanded throughout the last few decades or so, with places like Loudoun or even as far south as Fauquier or Stafford becoming part of this Northern Virginia/ DC area. demographic changes and the sprawl of new businesses have largely transformed what was once a rural Loudoun in places like Ashburn, Leesburg, etc. into major hubs, and is continuing to expand at a high rate into western loudoun close to the West Virginia border. Have also started to notice on a personal level lots of people moving outwards especially during the remote work era to Jefferson County and other places close to Harpers Ferry. Given the increasing changes, do you suspect we are soon going to be adding parentheses around the “W” to designate the DM(W)V area?

[Anonymous]

No we will not

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

If you cannot commute from there to a downtown office daily in less than 45 minutes, then no. Most of the places you list also are not exurbs of DC.

[Anonymous]

People have been commuting from WV for over a decade. Hard to imaging DMV being called something else.

[Anonymous]

How long has it been called DMV?

[Anonymous]

I’m confused. The Census Bureau has long counted Jefferson County as part of the Washington metro area. Look it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People have been commuting from WV for over a decade. Hard to imaging DMV being called something else.

DMWV

[Anonymous]

It has been for more than 30 years.

[Anonymous]

“The Washington metropolitan area, also commonly referred to as the National Capital Region, is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The area includes all of the District of Columbia and parts of the states of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.”

[Anonymous]

Already is - even as far as the newer developments outside of Martinsburg off of 81.

[Anonymous]

Yes I have coworkers who live in Jefferson co and they take the train to Rockville and metro in.

The fed counts it as wash metro

[Anonymous]

My patient today at a K st. medical office commutes to her DC job from WV. Somehow.

I can't help but think that maybe less time seated on a bus / train / car every day would only help her hypertension

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you cannot commute from there to a downtown office daily in less than 45 minutes, then no. Most of the places you list also are not exurbs of DC.

You can commute to MoCo and more importantly NoVA. That’s where all the jobs are anyway. Work in Loudon and live in WVa can work.