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I believe the point that was trying to be made was that there are indeed affordable nice neighborhoods in DC.  It is irritating to hear the city isn't affordable when it is really a matter of people not wanting to compromise on what they can afford vs. what they want.  [/quote]
Actually, what's irritating is some people's deliberate refusal to understand that "living in the city" doesn't mean simply putting your head down in any zipcode USPS classifies as belonging to the D. of C.

Do you not seriously understand that when people say "living in the city", they mean it as living in a particular set of circumstances and amenities that's qualitatively - not just geographically - different from suburbs? That some areas of DC, actually quite many of them, are qualitatively suburban by every measure that counts - lack of public transit, lack of sidewalks, lack of walkability, lack of things to which to walk, distance to the nearest grocery store, distance to work, library, school, restaurant, rec center, really anything? What argument is there for choosing these areas of DC over suburbs? [b]The dubious honor of "living in the city"?[/b][/quote]

Commute? I mean, isn't it still easier to get downtown from, say, Woodridge than it is from Silver Spring or Arlington?

But overall I do agree with you.[/quote]
That honestly depends on points A and B of your commute.  I used to live near H Street and work near Van Ness. My commute would easily take an hour with the morning city traffic. After I moved to 22043, it would reliably be under 40 minutes (Beltway + River Rd).

Presently I work in Foggy Bottom.  My commute is reliably under 40 minutes, less if I can take Rt 66.  If I had to drive from H St., it would take longer. If I had to drive from AU Park, it would take probably a little less.  If I had to drive from Capitol Hill, it would take more.  There's no one answer. [/quote]

Of course there is an answer, you take the metro dummy.  [/quote]

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