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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much are comparable places[/quote]

Around the same, some a little lower, some a little higher.

I know $50 is not too bad, and that's not the deciding factor but that means we could get a lot closer for just a little more. Here what I'm thinking the math would look like.

Old place
Extra rent $600/yr
Gas bill $5500/year
           $6100/yr

New place
Extra rent $2400/yr
Gas bill $2750/year
            $5150/yr

So we would actually be losing $1000 year by staying where were at now. We need to move.

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Are you sure your math is right?  If you are spending $450 per month to commute, then you are each driving about 30 miles each way to work, assuming your car gets 20 miles to the gallon.  To drop that cost in half, then you'd need to move 15 miles closer.  Are you saying the cost of a townhouse is only $200 more per month to live 15 miles closer in than where you are now?  That seems to good to be true, unless you are not working in the DC core but are working in Reston and living in Bethesda or something.[/quote]

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