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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would be going into the office 3 days a week

3 kids

Looking to cash in on appreciation of our McLean home that we bought 6 years ago

Wife works from home[/quote]why do you need the cash? [/quote]

OP here

I'm in one of those careers where you can make a lot of money and die at age 50 having never seen your kids or hop out at age 40, move to government, and make 5-10% of your prior salary as a GS-15.  I'm opting for the latter[/quote]

You're not going to see your kids with that commute. [/quote]
This is objectively not true. The commute snowflakes on this thread are crazy. [/quote]

NP. I did a similar commute before COVID. In the evenings I was always tired and irritable from the commute and did not enjoy the time with kids in the least, was basically phoning it in. I am so so much more happy now with my hybrid job with 20-min commute. I have the energy to take them to the playground etc. after I get home. Do not underestimate the mental impact of a terrible commute[/quote]
I’m one of the people with a commute you would consider terrible, and I don’t mind it at all. Being on metro with the crazy ranting homeless, the people that reeked of pot, and the teens looking to rob someone was much worse. When I drove the 11 miles, that was better, but it was all through the heart of the city so it was a lot of stop and go and people cutting in lanes, etc., and it still sometimes took an hour. [/quote]

The answer to this whole thread is to move to a place near VRE or MARC. Much better experience than driving or Metro. Look for my Burke in VA or any of the suburbs along the Brunswick Line of the MARC: Rockville, Poolesville, Garrett Park. 
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