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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone needs to refer to this thread on those endless threads in the real estate forum on why walkability and proximity to metro go for a premium.  Traffic is the most unproductive time suck.[/quote]

Or anytime someone posts a thread about how terrible metro is.  I've been home for hours (and I live out near vienna)[/quote]

Once every 10 years. Bfd[/quote]

It is more than that and today's traffic is a similar anomaly.[/quote]

People need to stop working in DC and push for more jobs in the burbs instead of living in shit shacks.[/quote]

Aren’t al of these places people mentioning in the burbs?[/quote]

Or, people need to live closer to their jobs in urban areas or walkable to metro and dump their cars all together.  It's a healthier lifestyle than spending hours in traffic per day.[/quote]

Except that isn't remotely realistic.  You can't simply fit everyone who lives in the region walkable to the metro.  Nor could everyone afford to live in many of those areas, regardless of space limitations.[/quote]

Right — tell me how to make it work when I work in McLean and DH works in Rockville. How are we supposed to not use a car?[/quote]
The reason that urban planners are emphasizing density near metro and walkability is that it makes more sense than having people waste their time in hours of traffic each day.
As for the PP, you don't say where you actually live.  But McLean and Rockville both have metro stops.   If you lived in downtown DC, you could  metro to either place pretty easily. 
   Presumably that would have kept you from 4 hours on the beltway today. [/quote]

We also live in MD.  My spouse switches jobs every few years and changes between VA and MD so moving makes no sense.  Saying use the metro and buses does not work if you do not live in walking distance to either nor is your job close to a metro station.  Saying Rockville has metro or McLean means nothing in less you are right in that area.  Metro is also expensive and there are ongoing safety issues.[/quote]

Ok-enjoy the traffic jam then! By the way, the number of people who have died on metro is a tiny fraction of those who die in DMV area car crashes.[/quote]

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