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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don't have a job - rent in Columbia at first.

I think its kind of strange that you are considering a 35 mile commute TO Columbia. [/quote]

I don't know if you've found a place yet but just want to say that if you are at all concerned about missing an urban area DO NOT MOVE TO COLUMBIA!!!  It is a soul sucking bedroom suburb.  Sure it has gorgeous trees, open spaces, cheaper housing stock, and a bazillion big city transplants but it also has a "town center" featuring the mall (I wish I were kidding), nowhere to get a decent latte (yep, I hate myself for prioritizing this too but we moved from Seattle so it's been rough), and, as winter approaches, we are really wondering what we are going to do to entertain our 3 year old all winter long that does not involve driving to Baltimore on every day she is home from preschool.  My husband works in Bethesda and we are breaking our lease, taking a financial hit, and moving closer in because we just cannot cope.  Or, rather, I just cannot cope- he gets to see city-like areas all week.  None of the close-in suburbs feel like Brooklyn.  We've looked.  At best you get a small version of Berkeley in Takoma Park.  Silver Spring feels better to us than Bethesda and Chevy Chase.  But, to each their own.  If you are looking for city, though, you have to be in the city here.  Lamentably, that commute is absolute hell.  We are 8 months in and, though we are not doing the reverse commute as your husband will be doing, my husband commutes 3 hours some days from Columbia to Bethesda (i.e. he doesn't even have to get into the city).  So, I would be quite wary of making him do that too.  For us, I think we'll be in Silver Spring or Takoma Park soon.  It isn't ideal but it meets most of our needs and I can see the city by hopping on the metro just 1 mile away from most desirable neighborhoods.  Good luck!
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