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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My partner works in Baltimore.  I work in D.C.

We live in Bowie, MD.  Yes, it's PG.  We love our neighborhood.

We looked into a number of options.  Everyone suggested Columbia, but, frankly, it didn't work for us.  And we actually prefer Bowie.

Most of the time, my partner alternates between taking the MARC train and driving into Baltimore.

I mostly drive into D.C., but sometimes I take Metro Bus to Metro.[/quote]

[b]How long does it take your partner to get to Baltimore[/b].[/quote]

It takes him 40 minutes by MARC train and about 40-45 minutes by car (and this is an honest assessment -- see below).  He likes to take the train, because the trains are actually pretty empty going in that direction, so it's a comfortable ride.  (It's crowded on MARC going in the other direction.)

I will add that he works downtown Baltimore, and most of the traffic (when he drives) is traffic downtown or on the highway into the city, and that's pretty much traffic you would face coming from any direction (unless you live in the city or in Baltimore County).  So I would be cautious about the claims that you can commute to Baltimore from Silver Spring in 30 minutes.  I wonder if that is someone who is actually working in the city.

There are multiple routes to drive from Bowie to Baltimore, which is nice because it gives options.

Best of luck.  No matter where you decide to move, it's best not to take anyone's word on commute times.  In my personal experience, I've often found people are way off.  Either they aren't talking about rush hour or they're speed demons or they just are bad at approximating time.  The best thing to do is to do some practice runs *during* rush hour.  So basically, take a day off, and start out at the location you are considering, leave that starting point at the time you usually leave in the morning and drive to your work address.  Time it.  Do that a couple/three times and average them.  That's the most accurate thing to go by.[/quote]

I wanted to clarify, it takes him 40 minutes by train OR 40/45 minutes by car.  not both ;)  It only takes him a few minutes to drive to the train station.  There's little traffic and free parking.[/quote]

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