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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][QUOTE]Now I live in western Howard County and have an hour long commute downtown. But my kids have plenty of room to play[/QUOTE]

No way I'm trading two hours of family time for a marginal increase in yard space.  I had to commute to Rockville from downtown that for about four months, and almost had a nervous breakdown.

And that took anywhere between 1 and 1.5 hours each way.  Unless you're riding the train out of downtown, and everything goes like clockwork, there's no way to get from downtown to Fredrick, or elsewhere in W Howard in an hour or less.

From the number of parents--and regional residents in general--living in DC, and the way close-in housing prices have defied the national trends, it's obvious more and more savvy folks are coming around to that conclusion.[/quote]

I'm not the pp you are quoting but I also live in a suburb that results in a commute that is ~1hr for my husband. I SAH.

For us, our location has allowed us to live in a very family friendly suburb with great amenities... and be debt free before 30. Mortgage paid off. I wouldn't want to be a slave to our home for the next 30 years any more than you'd want our commute.[/quote]

While this may be true, the relative value of exurban homes is going to continue to tank in comparison with urban and close-in houses.  This is inevitable as the price of energy continues to rise (gas and heating/cooling).  Add to this the projected population growth for the DC region, and it's quite likely that the value of that paid-off cheap house in the 'burbs is going to end up looking like a paid-off house in Trinidad in the early 80s.  Having a house that's paid off is a lot less attractive when that house is in a neighborhood that's generally not livable.[/quote]

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