If I buy in Centreville can I avoid 66 to DC in rush hour ? Can I take braddock to 495

Argh, this is what I keep running into as well: It is either not a problem or it is a nightmare. So, maybe there are specific times when it is awful? Say, going away from DC (between 4 and 7?) but otherwise it is okay? I get that traffic is bad everywhere but relatively speaking, is living in Centreville for a DC job better or worse than, say, Greenbelt/Beltsville? Laurel? Rockville?

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01/26/2015 04:50

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Anonymous

It is that bad.

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01/26/2015 05:37

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Anonymous

Braddock is just as bad at rush hour, and it has a zillion lights.

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01/26/2015 05:39

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Get a hotel in centerville on night. Commute in. Decide.

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01/26/2015 06:11

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Centerville to DC will be bad at rush hour. There is no good time. Sorry.

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01/26/2015 06:28

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Centerville? Oh my goodness. Yes, that will be a horrible commute.

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01/26/2015 06:32

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Anonymous

what is Centreville the Centre of? crap?

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01/26/2015 09:43

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Anonymous wrote:Is it really that bad? Is it stop and go even with HOV?

I used to live in Centreville. I no longer live in Centreville. While I love the home we had in Centreville, not having to deal with 66 makes me very happy.

With the volume of cars on 66, they really need to widen that road out to 8 lanes on each side.

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01/26/2015 09:45

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If you are able to drive on HOV and leave by 6 am, it's not terrible. About 45 minutes. It's the evening commute that sucks. I take an alternate way home, just to avoid using 66 (even with HOV!). My DH and I commute together to DC from Cville.

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01/26/2015 09:47

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After 10:30 am I don't think its bad going into town from out there. Of course, most people have to be at work before noon, so there's that.

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01/26/2015 09:48

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I used to live there. My neighbor would either slug or take a bus from the park and ride on Stringfellow. Can't remember now which one. Later, her husband got a job in DC as well. Now they carpool with one other person in the HOV lane. Daily. They don't seem to mind.