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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a house in Ocean City, New Jersey.  Bought in 2016 when the market was much calmer.  At the time it seems like a rash purchase but it's doubled in price so perhaps it was a good investment (who knows---we have no idea what the market will do and we're not currently selling).

One of our teenagers worked there this summer and we alternated living there with her.  I did most of the time since my job is more flexible.  Let me say, it was a great summer.  I am more relaxed then i've been in a long time.  DC is just STRESSFUL un many big and small ways that I didn't notice when i was here full time, year round.   We're now in DC but going back for 2 more weeks on Wednesday.  
This is the first summer we've spent that much time there.

[b]it's 3 hours door-to-door.[/b]  Holiday weekends can be rough if you attempt to travel during prime hours.  Going up is easy (we travel late on a Friday evening). Coming back can be hard--you want to avoid the Monday afternoon of a 3 day weekend if at all possible.  Monday mornings or late Monday night are usually fine.

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Are you the one who posted about how much happier all the people from Philly are whose kids don't go to the Big 3 and end up at St Joe's and Villanova for college?  I remember that laughable post . . . it's about as ridiculous as your "3 hours door to door" claim.  It isn't three hours, even in the dead of winter.  I grew up there, and it's closer to 4 on a good day.[/quote]

Hey, I've made this trip no less than 10 times this summer and unless I'm traveling in rush hour or on a Sunday afternoon it's right at 3 hours.  I actually came back last evening and it was 2hr55min.  I sailed through.  Clearly, I don't stop.   
We live in Chevy Chase (off Ct Ave) so it's right off the beltway on this end.  I could see if you were going to NOVA then it could be an additional 30 min. 
I am not the villanova/st joe's poster (i have no ties to either and have no idea what post you're talking about). [/quote]

I just google mapped it and right now, a Tuesday evening, with zero traffic and all blue lines, it’s 3 hours and 15 minutes from Ocean City NJ to Chevy Chase.  And that’s about the fastest I’ve ever seen it.

But that’s ok - don’t understating travel time for commutes and trips to the beach is a favorite DMV pastime.  [/quote]

You are nuts. Why do you even care?
I just put in my home address and beach address and Goole Maps says it is 3h4m.
Let's say I go above the speed limit slightly. Boom. 3 hours.[/quote]

I care because I hate DCUM travel distance liars.  And you are absolutely lying.  I grew up very, very close to Ocean City and I know [i]exactly[/i] how long the drive is.  You've driven it 10 times this summer?  I've driven it 1000 times and could do it blindfolded.  But not in 2 hours and 55 minutes![/quote]

Short of posting my exact addresses or a screenshot of Google Maps on here (which i'm not going to do) I'm apparently not going to convince you. 
I'll just say I'm going from right off Ct Ave to right over the 34th Street bridge and it's 3 hours. 
No stops and I"m probably driving 70-75 mph on the highways and obviously slower on 40, etc. I too have driven it many, many times--mostly in the evening and at night (around work hours and to avoid
the traffic). 
I'm signing off now.  
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If you aren’t stuck behind PP or a truck then 40 can really move when you’re outside of the towns. 
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