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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]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]

Are you aware that downtown DC is kind of expensive? We ran the numbers when we got here a couple years ago and it cost significantly more to live there with no car than with one in VA. Also, I don't know if you follow the real estate forums, but if you have an average HHI you're not supposed to whine about moving an hour away because of survival of the fittest or whatever.

I actually agree with your point, but think it is not realistic for many people. Most of this area really was intentionally built for car dependence, the parts that were not just don't have the capacity. This is not just an individual issue, it's quite literally driven by housing stock, infrastructure, and population size.[/quote]

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