s/o Tell us about your non-monster commute
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Anonymous
| 5 minute drive to day care, 15-20 minutes in city traffic to work. :p |
Anonymous
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Kensington to Downtown DC. 1hr.
Half of the commute is walking to/from Metro/MARC stations. I get my 1hr (combined) of brisk walking exercise and a train ride that let me eat/drink(wink). I like my commute. |
Anonymous
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Driving, Ballston-DC/Farragut.
20-40 mins at 8:30 AM (quite variable) 10-15 mins at 6pm (pretty fixed) |
Anonymous
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Am I the only person who bought a house somewhere that was as close to equidistant to our offices as possible? We currently work in opposite directions, but there was a mid-point that worked with highly rated schools for our daughter. Our commutes are 30-40 minutes, but it worked out nicely for both. Well, plus, I work from home most of the time, so my commute isn't too bad.
To be honest, I am sort of regretting buying last year because we could have waited until this year since my husband is now switching jobs and his commute is going to be around an hour again and he'll be going south like I do. Oh, well, hindsight 20/20 and all. We didn't know he'd be switching jobs last year. We do like our neighborhood, and can absorb the additional commute costs if it means he's happier. If it becomes too much, we can always rent out, but selling at this point would be too much of a loss to us. In this area, I don't think most even blink an eye at a commute of up to one hour. Longer than that is outside most people's comfort zones. |
Anonymous
please explain why you drive? That's a very easy metro commute. |
Anonymous
| 10-15 minutes: Chevy Chase, DC to Silver Spring |
Anonymous
| 15 minutes Capitol Hill - Penn Quarter. About 30 mins when dropping off 3 kids, 1 at nanny's house, 2 at school. |
Anonymous
This sounds horrible to me. It is over two hours a day! |
Anonymous
| 5-15 minutes Vienna to McLean (Tysons), depending on if I hit the lights right or not. Free parking. |
Anonymous
| 20 mins-ish. North Bethesda to Silver Spring. |
Anonymous
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7 minutes door to door, 20 if I walk. Live and work in Silver Spring.
Many days I work at home. 30 seconds from the kitchen to my home office. |
Anonymous
Exactly, the person saying it's not luck is crazy. On some level it most certainly is. We bought our house when we relocated back to this area close to a metro and close to my husband's job. His was the certain job at that point, I was still looking. I was fairly certain that I would wind up in downtown DC based on what I do, but I certainly wasn't going to place any bets on it, and ONE of us should have an easy commute! His is awesome, mine semi-sucks. |
Anonymous
| I thought I had a decent commute but reading this makes me realize it's not that great after all. It takes me about 25 minutes from close-in silver spring to Dupont, assuming that 16th street isn't having a nervous breakdown. |
Anonymous
| About 15 min, I think? I haven't timed it recently. 5 minutes on metro, 5 minutes on a bike, 5 minutes in line at Starbucks. I don't take the bike home, so it's more like 20 min to get home. |
Anonymous
Ours is almost exactly the same for each of us, between 20-30 minutes each way depending on traffic. His is mostly through beautiful country side and against traffic. Half of mine is through an industrial park and with traffic. He does the day care drop offs and pick ups so I'm not complaining  .
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