Best rural cities in DC area (Virginia)
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Anonymous
| Looking at a potential relocation to DC and am searching for homes/land in exurban DC, preferably in a community with large acreage and with a mild farming/equestrian community. Would commute to DC a couple times a week, preferably within a reasonable commute. A conservative leaning community would be preferred, and school zones/boundaries would not be an issue as DC attends boarding school. Very flexible budget, TIA and happy holidays! |
Anonymous
| Middleburg, Upperville, etc. The commute to DC is not going to be reasonable from any exburb. |
Anonymous
| Waterford. Very few have to commute, though. |
Anonymous
| Must be nice to farm off your kid to the care of others so you don’t have to think about schools. |
Anonymous
| Middleburg is your answer. Commuter buses exist but you'll give up 3+ hours of your day to the commute, so a couple of days a week would be pretty draining. |
Anonymous
| +1 for Middleburg. The commute will be miserable though |
Anonymous
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There is no reasonable commute to DC from an exurb. You can get acerage and horses in Oakton if you have money, that's only an hour out.
You should look at MD, it gets rural faster to the east and south of DC, a d the commute less congested. |
Anonymous
If a small town feel and horse zoning are the most important things Poolsville MD would work |
Anonymous
| Aldie or Lovettsville area? |
Anonymous
Brookesville is another option. |
Anonymous
| Stafford County |
Anonymous
OP sounds more Fauquier than Stafford |
Anonymous
| Luray, Fauquier County |
Anonymous
| Warrenton would be worth checking out. |
Anonymous
| Clifton/Fairfax Station is pretty agricultural and rural no? |