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[quote=Anonymous]are you moving here for 1 year?  or are you moving here 'permanently"?  If you are here for a year, I would rent an apt downtown as close to your office as possible, don't worry to much about schools, and plan to get all you can out of DC- spend lots of time on the weekends at museums, at the zoo, etc.
If you are relocating here indefinitely- I would post the metro stop that is closest to where your office will be.   A 30 minute commute is probably not very realistic if you are working downtown, unless you can drive in really off hours (e.g. working 6am-2:30pm).   Where in DC your office is matters a lot in assessing commute- e.g. working on capital hill vs k street.   It also matters if you get parking.  You can actually get to the hill fairly quickly from alexandria in a car, but most people don't have parking available.  K street is much more accessible from Arlington.   
Expect major sticker shock coming from the midwest.  Expect to live in something smaller and older and feel like you are paying way to much.   
There are lots of good schools and nice communities available around the DMV- I think you have good options- but commute matters a lot.   
commuting via metro can be a very good option if your office is right on the metro- but getting to/ from, and on off metro takes time.   eg from west falls church metro to federal triangle is a 26 minute ride on the metro, and West Falls Church is the closest in metro station to have a significant amount of parking.  You will pay a significant premium to live in easy walking distance of a metro station.  Its worth it to avoid switching metro lines if possible.  
What is important to you in a community?  Do you like to walk to parks, restaurants, shopping etc?  Or do you generally get in your car to go anywhere?  [/quote]

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