Working on opposite ends of the beltway — where to live?
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Anonymous
It's in the middle only if you consider the beltway the best way to commute and the suburbs the ultimate place to live. I believe the beltway is the worst option for commuting and the worst traffic in our entire region is in the suburbs near the beltway. If OP doesn't have kids then avoid this commute at all costs. I think the much better option is living in either DC (with good access for driving NE to College Park) or Arlington for the spouse working in Tyson's, depending on which spouse needs to rely on driving to work. If they both will need to rely on driving this is going to be pretty terrible in the long term. One of them is going to need clearance to work remotely as much as possible or look for another position. |
Anonymous
+1. live somewhere NE, there’s great access to College Park. If you have no kids and want to have fun, live near H or Union Market. |
Anonymous
| Is there flexibility on hours? I just checked Google maps from my bethesda house, very close to beltway- at 730 pm its 14 min to Tysons as a 22 to college park. Both very reasonable commutes if you can commute at atypical schedule. I used to work in Rockville and live in Cleveland Park as a would work like 10-7 to have better commute |
Anonymous
| NOMA, Capital Hill or even down around Mt. Vernon DC area. |
Anonymous
+1. I don’t get all these people recommending the burbs and trying to get OP to have a nightmare commute on the Beltway every day. NE DC would be a better commute and a lot more fun. |
Anonymous
| Penn quarter |
Anonymous
i think i'm confused-- isn't that 45 min minimum commute to tysons? i guess the question is do they prioritize commute or city living... if shorter commute then bethesda, if city living is priority then sure |
Anonymous
| Have at least one of you have easy commute and live in the area where one of you works whose job is the most stable and has upside potential. I would not choose a place in between because then you both have horrible commutes. You have to work it out who of you it makes sense to accommodate in terms of shortest commute and who can manage a longer commute (more flexible WAH policy, better hours, etc) |
Anonymous
| I know someone with this situation, they live in Mount Rainer. Now that they have a child parent who works in CP does the day care drop off & pick up bc VA parent had longer commute. |
Anonymous
Noma or union station area makes sense and is fun- person that commutes to CP can drive and the person to tysons can metro. Neither are horrible commutes. |
Anonymous
| Old town Alexandria |
Anonymous
we have similar split; one Tysons and one to Greenbelt. Arlington is the best compromise |
Anonymous
Everyone is focusing on the commute, but this qualifier is also problematic. Fun and quiet don't go together, generally. Like the immediate PP, I think that the Orange Line corridor in Arlington might be a good bet as long as OP is prepared for city living. Something like Courthouse would put the Tyson's spouse on the Silver Line for a quick, easy commute. The College Park spouse could take the car and do the 695/295 combo to get to CP. Obviously crossing the bridge will be a bear in the morning, but it is doable. |
Anonymous
+1 Still think National Landing is a fit too re the above - very quiet and pretty safe but walkable to a lot and easy metro access to both jobs. We were down there recently and shocked at all the new development. Lots of 30 something DINKs too. |
Anonymous
| We live near Tenley Town and have similar commmute. We both drive. It is very doable although obviously not ideal |