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[quote=Anonymous]I live in northern PG County and work in Greenbelt.  I understand you want the better property prices in PG County, but for you situation, Bowie, Lanham and Greenbelt are not going to work unless you relax your conditions some.

Contrary to the PP who thought Bowie wasn't very safe, it's fine.  However, Bowie is not accessible by public transit, so you would be tied to driving.  Regardless of what Google maps says, I've made the trip and from the near part of Bowie to the near part of Tyson's, it's about 45 minutes in no traffic.  In a typical rush hour, it can take you over 2 hours unless you time shift to go early (arriving before 8:00) or late (arriving after 10:00).

As for the Lanham, New Carrollton area, that has the advantage of being directly on the metro's Orange line, but the trip from New Carrollton to West Falls Church is 50 minutes, with no problems, typically you'll probably be right around an hour.  And that's metro time only.  The time it takes to leave the house, get to Metro, park, walk to the station, wait for the train, plus the walking at the other end, will probably mean that your typical commute is minimum about 1:15.  Add 10 minutes to everything if you  need to switch to the silver line to get to the new Tyson's Corner station.

If you are set on PG County and willing to handle an average 1:15-1:30 commute each way, then you want to avoid the area right around the New Carrollton metro station. The houses in the area without about a mile of the metro station have higher crime rates.  You want to move outside the beltway and stay north and east of the metro station.  Outside the beltway and north of US-50 are generally better neighborhoods that the other direction.

While I like the northern PG County area, I agree with other PPs that this area does not suit your situation at all.[/quote]

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