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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc. [/quote]

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.[/quote]

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm. [/quote]

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.[/quote]

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course :-) My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with. [/quote]

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter.  That’s when it’s best for beaches.  International in spring/summer.  
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches.  And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house.  The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

[b]No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX.  Plus there is nothing to do down there.  Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.[/b] [/quote]

And this is why the Hamptons are as convenient as the Outer Banks unless you live somewhere like Woodbridge or Fredricksburg. The traffic on 95 below DC on Friday afternoon and on the weekends at any time in the summer is brutal.

And if traffic backs up from NYC to the Hamptons [b]I can always take a break and explore Manhattan or Brooklyn on the way[/b]. Where can I stop on the way to Nags Head? Richmond? Chesapeake? Please.[/quote]

Totally! Just find a parking spot with all your beach gear, kids and dog and go hit up Smorgasburg in Prospect Park for a few hours while traffic calms!

Do you have any idea how stupid you sound?[/quote]

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