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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP--There are places in both MD and VA where you can take a commuter train or commuter bus downtown.  There are plenty of haters who are telling you what a terrible idea this commute will be, but I believe that if you can walk to the bus/train/VRE/MARC train station and then from the station to your office downtown, it wont be bad at all.  When I lived in DC it took me 30 minutes to get from my home in DC to my office in DC--walking to the metro, waiting for the train, taking the train, etc.  It has also taken me 45+ plus to get from Arlington to DC--waiting for the bus, transferring from bus to metro, changing lines, etc.  IMHO its the changing trains/forms of transportation that sucks your soul.  That and driving on the Beltway.[/quote]

I completely agree with this!  My office is within walking distance of Union Station.  I live in Falls Church, and take the metro from WFC.  I'm about 1.5 miles to the metro, and I drive and park at WFC.  My door to door commute is just under an hour. Drive to parking lot, walk to train, wait for train, 25 minutes to Metro Center (on a normal day), then switch trains (often waiting 3-5 minutes for the red line), 5 minutes to Union Station, then a 10 minute walk to the office.  I have work colleagues that take VRE and Marc, and live way outside the Beltway, and have shorter commutes!  It really depends on where you live and where you work.  [/quote]

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