Best public school options within 30 minutes of dc

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Anonymous wrote:Most parts of Arlington can get to K Street in less than 30 minutes, even at rush hour, and have good schools.

Not true if you have to go over the 395 bridge.

Yeah I've been scratching my head at people's claims you can get to downtown in 30 from most of Arlington. Never been true for me during rush hour.

Take the metro dog.

I work at State, 23rd and C, behind the Lincoln Memorial. I live in Del Ray - 3 blocks from St Elmos- and I get to work in 17 minutes most mornings.

Ok but OP says K st which is a totally different commute. Plus you are stuck in your car and have to pay for parking.

"Stuck in your car"? What does that even mean? And parking is onsite and free.

There is not a person on this planet that would choose a 40 minute commute via walking, bus, and rail over of 17 minutes in a private car.

Ok I'll bite! Where is this magical place in DC with onsite free parking? Sign me up!

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Anonymous wrote:Most parts of Arlington can get to K Street in less than 30 minutes, even at rush hour, and have good schools.

Not true if you have to go over the 395 bridge.

Yeah I've been scratching my head at people's claims you can get to downtown in 30 from most of Arlington. Never been true for me during rush hour.

Take the metro dog.

I work at State, 23rd and C, behind the Lincoln Memorial. I live in Del Ray - 3 blocks from St Elmos- and I get to work in 17 minutes most mornings.

Ok but OP says K st which is a totally different commute. Plus you are stuck in your car and have to pay for parking.

"Stuck in your car"? What does that even mean? And parking is onsite and free.

There is not a person on this planet that would choose a 40 minute commute via walking, bus, and rail over of 17 minutes in a private car.

Ok I'll bite! Where is this magical place in DC with onsite free parking? Sign me up!

I worked in a federal office in L’Enfant that had a massive free parking garage. My colleagues from Arlington had short drives! But it was also extremely convenient for metro.

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Anonymous wrote:Most parts of Arlington can get to K Street in less than 30 minutes, even at rush hour, and have good schools.

Not true if you have to go over the 395 bridge.

Yeah I've been scratching my head at people's claims you can get to downtown in 30 from most of Arlington. Never been true for me during rush hour.

Take the metro dog.

I work at State, 23rd and C, behind the Lincoln Memorial. I live in Del Ray - 3 blocks from St Elmos- and I get to work in 17 minutes most mornings.

Ok but OP says K st which is a totally different commute. Plus you are stuck in your car and have to pay for parking.

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LOLOLOLOL. You realize DC is surrounded by Va and Md, right? So everything near the border is 'not in the city'?

Is lower Manhattan not New York City because it's across the river from New Jersey?

You are a clown.
"Stuck in your car"? What does that even mean? And parking is onsite and free.

There is not a person on this planet that would choose a 40 minute commute via walking, bus, and rail over of 17 minutes in a private car.

Of course there are. There are many people who chose to minimize car use or who are car free. And your scenario (office with free parking on the very edge of the city) isn’t the norm.

WTF are you talking about? It's literally in the city, right next to the mall. It's not on the edge of anything

Have you … looked at a map?

Yeah, I live 6 blocks away. It's in the city. I guess that bothers you. Weird

It is literally the edge of the city, as in, a very short distance to Virginia and not requiring getting stuck in the downtown traffic.

DP.

LOLOLOLOL. You realize DC is surrounded by Va and Md, right? So everything near the border is 'not in the city'?

Is lower Manhattan not New York City because it's across the river from New Jersey?

You are a clown.

I think someone is the clown here, and it is not me.

My (irrefutable) point is that commuting to State, on the edge of DC just over the border from Virginia, is different from commuting to say 15th & K.

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Anonymous wrote:Most parts of Arlington can get to K Street in less than 30 minutes, even at rush hour, and have good schools.

Not true if you have to go over the 395 bridge.

Yeah I've been scratching my head at people's claims you can get to downtown in 30 from most of Arlington. Never been true for me during rush hour.

Take the metro dog.

I work at State, 23rd and C, behind the Lincoln Memorial. I live in Del Ray - 3 blocks from St Elmos- and I get to work in 17 minutes most mornings.

Ok but OP says K st which is a totally different commute. Plus you are stuck in your car and have to pay for parking.

"Stuck in your car"? What does that even mean? And parking is onsite and free.

There is not a person on this planet that would choose a 40 minute commute via walking, bus, and rail over of 17 minutes in a private car.

It’s not 17 minutes door to door. It just isn’t.

Lies about commutes are like lies about penis size. Just in the opposite direction.

You moron. It's 14 minutes right now. Stop trying to pretend you know anything about DC.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/U.S.+Department+of+State,+2201+C+St+NW,+Washington,+DC+20451/38.8297122,-77.0625687/@38.8618438,-77.1072585,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7b7af07c24ef5:0x9e6811afde3e9f12!2m2!1d-77.0488565!2d38.893853!1m1!4e1!2m3!6e0!7e2!8j1773143100?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

It’s the middle of the day. Moron.

Are you trying to double down on your idiocy or did you not realize those results were for 7:45am?!!??

F u c k. You really are so stupid.

+1. Here is 0700 tomorrow. Spoiler aleret- it's 16 minutes.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/U.S.+Department+of+State,+2201+C+St+NW,+Washington,+DC+20451/38.8297122,-77.0625687/@38.8618438,-77.1067802,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7b7af07c24ef5:0x9e6811afde3e9f12!2m2!1d-77.0488565!2d38.893853!1m1!4e1!2m3!6e0!7e2!8j1773126000?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Who wants to drive to work at 7? Having to keep to stupid early federal worker hours doesn’t defend the superiority of car commuting. Quite the opposite.

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Anonymous wrote:Most parts of Arlington can get to K Street in less than 30 minutes, even at rush hour, and have good schools.

Not true if you have to go over the 395 bridge.

Yeah I've been scratching my head at people's claims you can get to downtown in 30 from most of Arlington. Never been true for me during rush hour.

Take the metro dog.

I work at State, 23rd and C, behind the Lincoln Memorial. I live in Del Ray - 3 blocks from St Elmos- and I get to work in 17 minutes most mornings.

You're barely in DC, and certainly not downtown

There is nothing like a 32 yo white dude from Chicago coming to DC and gatekeeping zip codes. Ho lee s hit you people make me laugh. At you, not with you.

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Anonymous wrote:Most parts of Arlington can get to K Street in less than 30 minutes, even at rush hour, and have good schools.

Not true if you have to go over the 395 bridge.

Yeah I've been scratching my head at people's claims you can get to downtown in 30 from most of Arlington. Never been true for me during rush hour.

Take the metro dog.

I work at State, 23rd and C, behind the Lincoln Memorial. I live in Del Ray - 3 blocks from St Elmos- and I get to work in 17 minutes most mornings.

Ok but OP says K st which is a totally different commute. Plus you are stuck in your car and have to pay for parking.

DP.

LOLOLOLOL. You realize DC is surrounded by Va and Md, right? So everything near the border is 'not in the city'?

Is lower Manhattan not New York City because it's across the river from New Jersey?

You are a clown.
"Stuck in your car"? What does that even mean? And parking is onsite and free.

There is not a person on this planet that would choose a 40 minute commute via walking, bus, and rail over of 17 minutes in a private car.

Of course there are. There are many people who chose to minimize car use or who are car free. And your scenario (office with free parking on the very edge of the city) isn’t the norm.

WTF are you talking about? It's literally in the city, right next to the mall. It's not on the edge of anything

Have you … looked at a map?

Yeah, I live 6 blocks away. It's in the city. I guess that bothers you. Weird

It is literally the edge of the city, as in, a very short distance to Virginia and not requiring getting stuck in the downtown traffic.

DP.

LOLOLOLOL. You realize DC is surrounded by Va and Md, right? So everything near the border is 'not in the city'?

Is lower Manhattan not New York City because it's across the river from New Jersey?

You are a clown.

I think someone is the clown here, and it is not me.

My (irrefutable) point is that commuting to State, on the edge of DC just over the border from Virginia, is different from commuting to say 15th & K.

So a huge concession and a strawman. Gotcha!

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Anonymous wrote:We are in city of Alexandria. I don’t want to move but we cannot afford private. Where can we go with good/excellent schools and be able to get in and out of downtown (let’s say K st) within 30 minutes max.

Are you a 9 to 5 worker bee intent on driving? If so, good luck with that because you can sit in traffic in DC for 20 minutes just to cross a bridge.

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Anonymous wrote:We are in city of Alexandria. I don’t want to move but we cannot afford private. Where can we go with good/excellent schools and be able to get in and out of downtown (let’s say K st) within 30 minutes max.

Are you a 9 to 5 worker bee intent on driving? If so, good luck with that because you can sit in traffic in DC for 20 minutes just to cross a bridge.

Correct. DC traffic is terrible. I am surprised anyone is saying they can get from Arlington to downtown DC in under 30 in rush hour. But Metro commutes can be long too unless you live very close to a Metro. If you have to take a bus to metro, wait for train, take train, walk to office, not gonna be under 30.

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Anonymous wrote:Most parts of Arlington can get to K Street in less than 30 minutes, even at rush hour, and have good schools.

Not true if you have to go over the 395 bridge.

Yeah I've been scratching my head at people's claims you can get to downtown in 30 from most of Arlington. Never been true for me during rush hour.

Take the metro dog.

I work at State, 23rd and C, behind the Lincoln Memorial. I live in Del Ray - 3 blocks from St Elmos- and I get to work in 17 minutes most mornings.

Ok but OP says K st which is a totally different commute. Plus you are stuck in your car and have to pay for parking.

"Stuck in your car"? What does that even mean? And parking is onsite and free.

There is not a person on this planet that would choose a 40 minute commute via walking, bus, and rail over of 17 minutes in a private car.

It’s not 17 minutes door to door. It just isn’t.

Lies about commutes are like lies about penis size. Just in the opposite direction.

You moron. It's 14 minutes right now. Stop trying to pretend you know anything about DC.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/U.S.+Department+of+State,+2201+C+St+NW,+Washington,+DC+20451/38.8297122,-77.0625687/@38.8618438,-77.1072585,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7b7af07c24ef5:0x9e6811afde3e9f12!2m2!1d-77.0488565!2d38.893853!1m1!4e1!2m3!6e0!7e2!8j1773143100?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

It’s the middle of the day. Moron.

Are you trying to double down on your idiocy or did you not realize those results were for 7:45am?!!??

F u c k. You really are so stupid.

+1. Here is 0700 tomorrow. Spoiler aleret- it's 16 minutes.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/U.S.+Department+of+State,+2201+C+St+NW,+Washington,+DC+20451/38.8297122,-77.0625687/@38.8618438,-77.1067802,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7b7af07c24ef5:0x9e6811afde3e9f12!2m2!1d-77.0488565!2d38.893853!1m1!4e1!2m3!6e0!7e2!8j1773126000?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

16 mins if you click your heels in your living room and you’re at your desk on 16. You’re not accounting for non actual driving time. You are not going from your living room to your desk in 16 minutes, so it’s not a 16 minute commute. End of story.

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Anonymous wrote:Most parts of Arlington can get to K Street in less than 30 minutes, even at rush hour, and have good schools.

Not true if you have to go over the 395 bridge.

Yeah I've been scratching my head at people's claims you can get to downtown in 30 from most of Arlington. Never been true for me during rush hour.

Take the metro dog.

I work at State, 23rd and C, behind the Lincoln Memorial. I live in Del Ray - 3 blocks from St Elmos- and I get to work in 17 minutes most mornings.

You're barely in DC, and certainly not downtown

There is nothing like a 32 yo white dude from Chicago coming to DC and gatekeeping zip codes. Ho lee s hit you people make me laugh. At you, not with you.

You seem to be missing the point … this is about commute time and not about some kind of value judgement about where you live. Although that does reveal that you see choice of transit as some kind of identity … as opposed to, you know, how people get around?

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Anonymous wrote:Most parts of Arlington can get to K Street in less than 30 minutes, even at rush hour, and have good schools.

Not true if you have to go over the 395 bridge.

Yeah I've been scratching my head at people's claims you can get to downtown in 30 from most of Arlington. Never been true for me during rush hour.

Take the metro dog.

I work at State, 23rd and C, behind the Lincoln Memorial. I live in Del Ray - 3 blocks from St Elmos- and I get to work in 17 minutes most mornings.

Ok but OP says K st which is a totally different commute. Plus you are stuck in your car and have to pay for parking.

DP.

LOLOLOLOL. You realize DC is surrounded by Va and Md, right? So everything near the border is 'not in the city'?

Is lower Manhattan not New York City because it's across the river from New Jersey?

You are a clown.
"Stuck in your car"? What does that even mean? And parking is onsite and free.

There is not a person on this planet that would choose a 40 minute commute via walking, bus, and rail over of 17 minutes in a private car.

Of course there are. There are many people who chose to minimize car use or who are car free. And your scenario (office with free parking on the very edge of the city) isn’t the norm.

WTF are you talking about? It's literally in the city, right next to the mall. It's not on the edge of anything

Have you … looked at a map?

Yeah, I live 6 blocks away. It's in the city. I guess that bothers you. Weird

It is literally the edge of the city, as in, a very short distance to Virginia and not requiring getting stuck in the downtown traffic.

DP.

LOLOLOLOL. You realize DC is surrounded by Va and Md, right? So everything near the border is 'not in the city'?

Is lower Manhattan not New York City because it's across the river from New Jersey?

You are a clown.

I think someone is the clown here, and it is not me.

My (irrefutable) point is that commuting to State, on the edge of DC just over the border from Virginia, is different from commuting to say 15th & K.

So a huge concession and a strawman. Gotcha!

wtf are you talking about …?

[Anonymous]

We raised the kids in North Arlington and I commuted downtown. On a typical day I could get to work or back in 30 if I was lucky, but only because I got to work early and stayed late (like before 8 and after 6:30).

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The answer to OP’s question is APS, in an apartment very close to the metro - so Ballston, Clarendon or Rosslyn. There are buildings in those areas that are zoned for Wakefield and W-L which are both solid options. I know less about MS and ES. I think if OP is making the effort to pull up stakes then moving somewhere in Ballston to access the Dorothy Hamm - WL pathway would make a lot of sense. We are making this transition this year to get out of DCPS - but still be easy commuting distance to DC. not sure it is going to be 30 minutes but not too far off from that.

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Anonymous wrote:The answer to OP’s question is APS, in an apartment very close to the metro - so Ballston, Clarendon or Rosslyn. There are buildings in those areas that are zoned for Wakefield and W-L which are both solid options. I know less about MS and ES. I think if OP is making the effort to pull up stakes then moving somewhere in Ballston to access the Dorothy Hamm - WL pathway would make a lot of sense. We are making this transition this year to get out of DCPS - but still be easy commuting distance to DC. not sure it is going to be 30 minutes but not too far off from that.

I obviously don't know where you live in DC now, but I my commute from Arlington to DC is the same as many people I know who commute within DC. That part of Arlington is super convenient to many DC offices.

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Anonymous wrote:The answer to OP’s question is APS, in an apartment very close to the metro - so Ballston, Clarendon or Rosslyn. There are buildings in those areas that are zoned for Wakefield and W-L which are both solid options. I know less about MS and ES. I think if OP is making the effort to pull up stakes then moving somewhere in Ballston to access the Dorothy Hamm - WL pathway would make a lot of sense. We are making this transition this year to get out of DCPS - but still be easy commuting distance to DC. not sure it is going to be 30 minutes but not too far off from that.

Most of those urban areas are zoned to Yorktown. West of Clarendon through Ballston is zoned to W-L. Boundary maps zig and zag though so use the APS maps. The Wakefield zone is in and around National Landing / Pentagon City.