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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't even have to go all the way to California.  The housing stock and neighborhoods are much nicer in the traditional NE suburbs of Philly and NY, with good/better schools and equivalent prices.  [/quote]

Does NY really have nicer neighborhoods and similar pricing? I thought it was more expensive.

- someone who lives in NYC area [/quote]

NY suburbs are more expensive overall on a per foot basis, especially taking into account property taxes, but there's much more attractive housing stock at all price ranges.  If you go further out to say Fairfield county the prices are pretty similar to closer-in DC suburbs like Arlington and Bethesda, but the houses/towns are a lot nicer than what you get an hour outside of DC. [/quote]

You mean Fairfield in CT? That’s far out there! Don’t think it is really a sustainable commute if you need to get into the city.[/quote]

Fairfield county, yes. Tons of people commute to the city from there - there are express trains I think from at least Greenwich. It’s like 45 mins to grand central. Not saying it’s great (I said further out…) but it’s a common commute.[/quote]

Yes, we've had this conversation on here before, but other NE/Mid-Atlantic cities have better commuter rail infrastructure than the DMV, so living further out is not as burdensome. Most DC suburbs are very car-centric. Even when there is a transit option, it's usually not as convenient as something like the LIE or the Main Line trains. There's just more sprawl so the train station will be 20 minutes away by car, not a 10 minute walk. Even if your car commute is relatively short (lots of commutes from Arlington Cty to downtown are not the long) you're in the car on congested roads which is more stressful than hopping on a train, plus you're then paying for parking. DC does not have NE commuter culture. It has Southern commuter culture. But the housing costs a lot more in DC suburbs than in suburbs of southern cities like Atlanta, Nashville, etc.[/quote]

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