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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, most people in DC do NOT drive but there is tons of traffic as it is a very large metro area and people commute in from the suburbs. It is not a small town at all. People stay in DC despite the schools for the shorter commutes, the walk ability, the Metro etc.[/quote]

It depends on your perception. Having lived in cities all over the world, DC is small. You can walk from one end to another. There are less than a million people living here. It's hardly a city. Someone from NYC, Hong Kong, Mexico City might feel it was small. Someone from Duluth might feel it was huge. [/quote]

I've also lived in big cities in other countries, thanks. But what matters here is not just the population of DC proper since the whole metro area affects the traffic, which is quite bad...it takes a half hour for me to drop my son off at camp five miles from our house and another half hour for me to drive about 4-5 miles to my job, for example. That's what OP needs to know for her considerations of commute to school. Thankfully school is much closer to our house than camp is and I can take the metro to work after school drop off, so I don't have to deal with crappy DC traffic. The size of Mexico City or Lima or London are not relevant here.

The Metropolitan Statistical Area is over 6 million, which definitely affects traffic in the District proper.[/quote]

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