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[quote=Anonymous]The traffic can get pretty bad all over the DC area - I can see there being an hour-long drive from close-in Fairfax (like the Falls church part) to farther-out Fairfax (which includes Centreville and maybe Herndon?), especially during rush hour.  66 can move pretty slowly, and the other major roads have lots of lights.  That is a downside of living in a very big, populous, sprawling county of 1M+ people.  Hell, there were times that my 3-mile drive from Dunn Loring metro to our daycare took 35 minutes or more, without any accidents.  I can run faster than that.

For me, a big draw of Arlington was the guaranteed before and after-care if both parents worked.  I was nervous about relying on Fairfax SACC that is wait-listed at many schools.

But yeah, it is expensive.  You don't get as much house for your money as you do farther out.  You generally get less land, and usually no garage.  There's a price for being closer-in.  Sounds like OP totally gets that.  Then again, when I was looking in the same price range out in the Woodson boundary and in Falls Church, I wasn't seeing all that much I liked either.  I decided that a $560K house in Arlington made more sense for my lifestyle (single mom, active social life, job in DC) than a similarly-priced house in Fairfax.     
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