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Do you know how long the commute is from Herndon to CC during the school year during rush hour?  An hour.  I make that commute twice a week. It sucks. The countercommute is better, but not great.  [b]My kid commutes Herndon to Alexandria (TJ) [/b]usually 45 minutes.  I’m married to a software engineer.  [b] He would not sign up to commute Herndon to CC every day. [/b]  They would have to bump up his pay quite a bit to get him there 1/2 time.

I know VA commute times.  And times. And  W. Fairfax Loudoun where the tech workers live  to CC is not doable.   Even Oakton to CC is bad — at least 45 minutes if you get to metro, park and ride in.  More than a half hour to drive.  Everyone in NOVA commutes that route.  They DO NOT need to add more commuters on 495/66.

Amazon pays well. But not well enough to spend a million buck for a shitshack and put 2 kids in a school system where they might have to go to HS in shifts. Or put them in ACPS or DCPs. Hard pass.  [/quote]

I am not going to nitpick Herndon to CC options.   It does occur to me that in your particular situation if your DH went to work in Crystal City, y'all could move to Annandale/Lincolnia and have a very nice commute to TJ and a not so bad commute to CC.  Of course if you have another kid you would have to decide if the schools in that part of the County worked for you. [/quote]

My spouse and many others commute from MD to VA daily and others we know do the opposite commute.  Most only stay at a job a few years so moving makes no sense.  Every few years the jobs seem to switch from MD to VA and back so you need to live in a location that you can easily commute to if the contracts fizzle out, which happens a lot. Amazon is a good employer because they are not gov't funded and the jobs are a bit more stable. But, we couldn't afford to move on Amazon salary and then have to move again if they change jobs.[/quote]

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