Where do people who work in Suitland (MD) usually live?

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Anonymous wrote:It really adds to sprawl and traffic when they locate government agencies in place no white collar employee wants to live. They should put these agencies in Burke or Springfield or Olney or downtown. So much more convenient than trying to figure out where to live while schlepping to Suitland every day.

Government agencies have been in Suitland since 1942 when it was just farm land. I'm sure they couldn't have predicted 73 years ago that Suitland would become such an undesirable place to live today. I don't think moving an entire agency every time the surrounding environment changes is very feasible.

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Anonymous wrote:I would have to be so desperate to take a job in Suitland.

What an ignorant thing to say.

Perhaps better left unsaid. However, our company staffs several contracts and it is incredibly difficult to hire and keep engineers and program managers on our Suitland contract.

Have you considered paying them more?

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Anonymous wrote:I would have to be so desperate to take a job in Suitland.

What an ignorant thing to say.

Perhaps better left unsaid. However, our company staffs several contracts and it is incredibly difficult to hire and keep engineers and program managers on our Suitland contract.

There are a lot of benefits to working in Suitland or in the suburbs period. It's nice to have the option to live in the suburbs where housing is cheaper, plus free, easy and plentiful parking at the Federal Center there.

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Anonymous wrote:Waldorf or LaPlata

I know several people do this but the traffic out of these areas is horrible. The schools are pretty mediocre also.

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If you are considering Alexandria (FFX County) or Burke, also look at Springfield, especially North Springfield and Ravensworth (22151). Very easy to jump onto 495 and would reduce the commute compared to Burke.

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2021, Have a civilian job offer to work in Suitland, Maryland as GS-13 step 1...Is this a decent salary to live in the Washington DC area? And the second question is where to rent if working there? I need honest help since I am from northeast area..
Thx

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Anonymous wrote:Well, OP, I live in PG county and you have to do the math. If you are interested in thinking about living in PG county do you have the discipline to buy a lower cost home near a good elementary and save money in order to pay for private later or move again? We did this math and we chose PG, not to mention the commute will be much better to just live near your job. A house near a good elementary in Bowie will be 400k, compared to a similar house in Virginia or Moco which will be 800k. That math worked out for us, and I am actually very happy where I live. People are friendly, we are close to amenities, our commutes are good, it's not as crowded. I feel I made the right decision.

$400k? I don’t think so. More like $550k and up and that may be too low.

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Anonymous wrote:2021, Have a civilian job offer to work in Suitland, Maryland as GS-13 step 1...Is this a decent salary to live in the Washington DC area? And the second question is where to rent if working there? I need honest help since I am from northeast area..
Thx

If it's just you, yes it's definitely a fine salary to live in the DC area, especially as a renter. If you have a family and are the only income source, it starts getting tighter, though plenty of people do it.

Re: Suitland, a lot of younger people just starting out rent in either the Navy Yard area and metro out, or in Alexandria if they would prefer to drive. This thread is correct that a lot of the older employees in Suitland live further out in Calvert County or in Eastern Prince George's. Many reasons for that, but one factor is that there was no metro to Suitland until 2001, so many older workers' housing decisions predate that as an option. The youngish people I know who have bought places recently tend to be in houses around the gentrifying parts of NE/SE DC, in NW DC condos on the Green Line, or in Alexandria.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, OP, I live in PG county and you have to do the math. If you are interested in thinking about living in PG county do you have the discipline to buy a lower cost home near a good elementary and save money in order to pay for private later or move again? We did this math and we chose PG, not to mention the commute will be much better to just live near your job. A house near a good elementary in Bowie will be 400k, compared to a similar house in Virginia or Moco which will be 800k. That math worked out for us, and I am actually very happy where I live. People are friendly, we are close to amenities, our commutes are good, it's not as crowded. I feel I made the right decision.

$400k? I don’t think so. More like $550k and up and that may be too low.

I'm sure you looked at the date of that post?

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Anonymous wrote:I would have to be so desperate to take a job in Suitland.

What an ignorant thing to say.

Agreed. I loved my job in Suitland (Census Bureau, NOAA, …). I worked with wonderful people there. Some even lived in Suitland (gasp!).

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Anonymous wrote:I would have to be so desperate to take a job in Suitland.

What an ignorant thing to say.

Agreed. I loved my job in Suitland (Census Bureau, NOAA, …). I worked with wonderful people there. Some even lived in Suitland (gasp!).

Forgot to say I commuted from Falls Church and worked as a contractor for 3 years there, then off and on for another 3years.

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Anonymous wrote:2021, Have a civilian job offer to work in Suitland, Maryland as GS-13 step 1...Is this a decent salary to live in the Washington DC area? And the second question is where to rent if working there? I need honest help since I am from northeast area..
Thx

If it's just you, yes it's definitely a fine salary to live in the DC area, especially as a renter. If you have a family and are the only income source, it starts getting tighter, though plenty of people do it.

Re: Suitland, a lot of younger people just starting out rent in either the Navy Yard area and metro out, or in Alexandria if they would prefer to drive. This thread is correct that a lot of the older employees in Suitland live further out in Calvert County or in Eastern Prince George's. Many reasons for that, but one factor is that there was no metro to Suitland until 2001, so many older workers' housing decisions predate that as an option. The youngish people I know who have bought places recently tend to be in houses around the gentrifying parts of NE/SE DC, in NW DC condos on the Green Line, or in Alexandria.

A lot of young people live in H street or Navy Yard and reverse commute.

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Anonymous wrote:2021, Have a civilian job offer to work in Suitland, Maryland as GS-13 step 1...Is this a decent salary to live in the Washington DC area? And the second question is where to rent if working there? I need honest help since I am from northeast area..
Thx

If it's just you, yes it's definitely a fine salary to live in the DC area, especially as a renter. If you have a family and are the only income source, it starts getting tighter, though plenty of people do it.

Re: Suitland, a lot of younger people just starting out rent in either the Navy Yard area and metro out, or in Alexandria if they would prefer to drive. This thread is correct that a lot of the older employees in Suitland live further out in Calvert County or in Eastern Prince George's. Many reasons for that, but one factor is that there was no metro to Suitland until 2001, so many older workers' housing decisions predate that as an option. The youngish people I know who have bought places recently tend to be in houses around the gentrifying parts of NE/SE DC, in NW DC condos on the Green Line, or in Alexandria.

A lot of young people live in H street or Navy Yard and reverse commute.

Yeah I'm the PP and I live near H Street. If I were looking for an apartment/condo I'd probably stay on the Green Line just to avoid a transfer, but if you want to live in a rowhouse it's a great place to be for a Suitland commute. It's also a very easy drive if you are in a hurry or far from a Metro station, since the reverse commute traffic is very light. Suitland Federal Center is only a mile or so outside of the DC border.

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Anonymous wrote:It really adds to sprawl and traffic when they locate government agencies in place no white collar employee wants to live. They should put these agencies in Burke or Springfield or Olney or downtown. So much more convenient than trying to figure out where to live while schlepping to Suitland every day.

So the already prosperous pale areas get richer and the poor areas get to sit back and watch the wealth gap continue grow bigger? All while the established middle class gets to think that it was by their inalienable intelligence and work ethic is why they have their comfortable life and the others simply were not smart enough to get what you have? Do you think the fed is immune to the allure of lower costs of operation and land? Or is it that you think the people in these areas are incapable of actually having a fed job and your comfort and commute should be what the entire government bases its decisions off of?

Bradbury produces many fine high functioning kids, they might be the type of kids that make the moms in Lululemon comfortable but many people could care less.

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And all of the outlier agency facilities/moves were negotiated in late 90’s early 2ks by the Beltway Four - Hoyer, Wynn, Morella, Wolf.

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Anonymous wrote:2021, Have a civilian job offer to work in Suitland, Maryland as GS-13 step 1...Is this a decent salary to live in the Washington DC area? And the second question is where to rent if working there? I need honest help since I am from northeast area..
Thx

If it's just you, yes it's definitely a fine salary to live in the DC area, especially as a renter. If you have a family and are the only income source, it starts getting tighter, though plenty of people do it.

Re: Suitland, a lot of younger people just starting out rent in either the Navy Yard area and metro out, or in Alexandria if they would prefer to drive. This thread is correct that a lot of the older employees in Suitland live further out in Calvert County or in Eastern Prince George's. Many reasons for that, but one factor is that there was no metro to Suitland until 2001, so many older workers' housing decisions predate that as an option. The youngish people I know who have bought places recently tend to be in houses around the gentrifying parts of NE/SE DC, in NW DC condos on the Green Line, or in Alexandria.

A lot of young people live in H street or Navy Yard and reverse commute.

Yeah I'm the PP and I live near H Street. If I were looking for an apartment/condo I'd probably stay on the Green Line just to avoid a transfer, but if you want to live in a rowhouse it's a great place to be for a Suitland commute. It's also a very easy drive if you are in a hurry or far from a Metro station, since the reverse commute traffic is very light. Suitland Federal Center is only a mile or so outside of the DC border.

Also, depending on where you'd work, it can be kind of a hike across the Federal campus - Census is right at the gate to the metro station but the Coast Guard and Navy offices are a good 15 min walk. Then again, their parking is pretty tight right now, too. If you're going to work odd hours, you will probably want to drive as Suitland's a tough neighborhood and metro very early or late is a little weirder than during normal commuting hours.