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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, have you thought about Anne Arundel County in MD? There are many places in Southern AA Co that will remind you of home. Depending on where your DH works, he could drive to the end of the green or blue line and metro in. [/quote]

We moved from Chevy Chase, DC to Davidsonville in Southern Anne Arundel County in May.  People in Chevy Chase were all shocked. They could not believe that we would give up the CC lifestyle to come out here.  We had a decent house by DC standards - 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom row house.  But it was really tight for our family.  My kids were in Murch which is considered a "good" DC public school, although the school did not seem all that fantastic to me and certainly is not now in comparison to our excellent public school here.

We debated moving for years due to the commuter issue since my husband and I both work in downtown DC.  When we finally did it, it was because we found an ideal house with lots of land and horses nearby in a pretty rural setting.   A huge change from DC, but also a big improvement in terms of comfort and freedom for my boys to just run around and play and enjoy being kids.

Fortunately for me, I get to work from home 3-4 days per week, so its not so bad.  I take a commuter bus and just read or do work on the bus.  Its 1 hour door to door and the time goes by quickly because I am busy on the bus.  My husband drives to K street every day.  I wouldn't really want to drive, but he doesn't seem to mind it yet.  Driving takes him just under an hour in rush hour and it took him 45 minutes to get down Connecticut Ave from our old house at 8:30 in the morning so its all ok.

I guess that this rambling post is just to say that I've now experienced both the city and a more rural place and I can say that people can and do survive moving out of DC.  And no, I do not subsist on chain restaurants and walmart.[/quote]

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