How often do you see friends who live an hour away?

[Anonymous]

This whole thread makes me laugh bc DCers are so entrenched in being "in the city". When I lived in LA it sometimes took me an hour to go 4 exits down the 405. If I had the same mentality about traveling and hour to see a friend, I would never have had friends outside of a 2 mile radius, let alone ever seen a friend who dared to move from the Westside!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never. You move out of my neighborhood and you are dead to me

I love your blunt honesty.

[Anonymous]

hell my own sister lives an hour away and we only see each other 3-4X a year

[Anonymous]

The problem is that the people in the suburbs have the outside space to have a cookout on their deck surrounded by trees and pretty flower beds and lots of space to mingle comfortably. It is also easy to park close to their homes.

Whereas, in the city, we have much smaller backyards and houses, if any, and parking is a problem, at best. The people with the nice backyards just don't see the point of driving all the way in to the city for a less enjoyable experience.

Some people are just friends because you live close by or you share common activities. Those friendships just are going to continue when the circumstances under which the friendship began are changed or eliminated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that the people in the suburbs have the outside space to have a cookout on their deck surrounded by trees and pretty flower beds and lots of space to mingle comfortably. It is also easy to park close to their homes.

Whereas, in the city, we have much smaller backyards and houses, if any, and parking is a problem, at best. The people with the nice backyards just don't see the point of driving all the way in to the city for a less enjoyable experience.

Some people are just friends because you live close by or you share common activities. Those friendships just are going to continue when the circumstances under which the friendship began are changed or eliminated.

...are *not* going to continue....

[Anonymous]

Yes I'd say about 2-3 times a year. And those visits are planned well in advance and sometimes get cancelled because a kid is sick.

I would not travel down 95 for most of my friends, as much as I love them. I go from South Arlington to Bethesda for one friend, and it takes about 40 minutes, sometimes more. I have another friend who lives in NoMa and we see each other more, but that's because she's great about crossing the river. I have friends in Springfield and that's not too bad to get to on the weekends, so that works.

But if you live in Ashburn? You may as well live in Colorado.

[Anonymous]

A few times a year but we try to meet halfway for dinner so neither couple has a long drive.

[Anonymous]

The dynamic changes enormously as now you really have to plan something. Before it was "no plans tonight, come on over with the kids." Now it takes a ton of planning and juggling schedules.

[Anonymous]

Takes me an hour to get from Columbia Heights to Arlington. If we didn’t suck it up and make the effort we’d never see anyone. Sad reality in the DMV.

[Anonymous]

My cafe, bars, concert friends .. twice a year.

My zoo, festival, hiker, museum, day trip friends once a month. I'm. Not drinving in the city to sit in your house/bar/cafe to sit and eat/drink but if you are usuning thevsmmrmtititexuou ckaimyo eant to be close to, we will see each other.

[Anonymous]

We try to meet once a year, but with kids it is nearly impossible to coordinate schedules. Once you no longer need babysitters it gets a bit easier, but still maybe 1-2x per year then.