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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - I hate commuting.  The only problem with silver spring is the schools.  I think we'd want a better school pyramid than what you find generally in silver spring.  So I'm thinking I may have to suck up the Arlington commute to get better schools.  Somehow I don't know anyone who actually makes that drive, and looking at it on google maps just doesn't illuminate things.[/quote]

I sort of do this drive. I commute from the Cherrydale neighborhood in N. Arlington to 4th and Eye NW, passing right by (or, depending on what route I take, under) the Capitol. So I can tell you with certainty that you can't make it from my house to the Hill in 20 minutes, except during non-rush hours. Depending on where you are going on the Hill, 30 minutes, door-to-door, would be a very good day, but I think you have to plan for 40, especially in the evening. Of course, there are places in Arlington closer to the Hill than Cherrydale, but your big choke points, traffic-wise, are the bridges, and you have to cross them no matter where in Arlington you are coming from. So living further east or south in Arlington will help, but not as much as you might think.

We moved to Arlington from the Hill, and I truly hated the commute at first. (Because I live a mile from the metro and have to switch lines to get to work, it's quite a bit faster for me to drive than metro, so that's what I do.) But I've gotten used to it and don't really mind it anymore, especially in the morning. Evening rush hour is more annoying, both because it is often longer and because I am just crankier at the end of the day.[/quote]

I work on the Hill - on the NE side - and commute in from Rosslyn.  No way is that 20 minutes.  I commute via metro, b/c it's way less variable than traffic.  It's about 35 minutes from Rosslyn to Union Station, with the transfer.  Driving, it could be 15 minutes or an hour on any given day.  That said, if you would live somewhere around Pentagon City, it would shave some driving time, or you could take VRE into Union Station if you are on that side.  But traffic is a mess heading to the hill when Congress is in session. [/quote]

Where is the choke point? 395 north towards union station? Why not take Maine avenue to independence?[/quote]

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