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[quote=Anonymous]I would think very hard about a long commute.  If your children are young then you have no idea about school mtgs, kids activities, and yes, even homework!  I am pretty smart I think with a few degrees but my husband is stronger in some areas.  For example, I had to keep one child up until 9pm for dad (long day at office not the commute but still) to do an advanced algebra problem that I could not figure out .  You might be a long way from this point but you need to think about these things before a 30 yr mortgage.

I am from a very small town.  lived in dc after grad school.  Married and moved to Fairfax city area and boy does it feel small town.  I work pt from home but the rest of the time I do a 4 mile loop to the schools, church, stores, gym, activites and see THE SAME PEOPLE everyhwhere - just like growing up.  I even know the kids teachers as many live in the nearby neighborhoods ( just like my small town with a k-12 school). I probably have 8-10 people I could call at anytime to help me with an emergency.

So, my pint is, I do understand, but I think you can find a small town vibe of connectedness without moving so far.  We almost bought in hay market when we were "astounded" by the beautiful homes friends. And colleagues were getting compared to what we paid "close in" but years later ....houses under water ( the ones far out tend to lose value first - at least according to wapo), divorces, and extremely high gas at times.  We think we are far out in Fairfax!  However, dh has been at pentagon, tyson's, Arlington, now sterling so this has proved an ideal location.

Hope this helps.  Please think this through.  Commuting is hell![/quote]

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