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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][quote=Anonymous]I love Del Ray but that is not a good commute. Why do people keep talking about the commute?  It is a really long walk to the metro or a nightmare of a drive into the district.[/quote]

It takes 20 minutes to be in NW DC by car. It's not a nightmare of a drive. [/quote]

Yup.  It's almost like the people posting ill of Del Ray may not live here...[/quote]

I was the PP who made the commute comment and I did live there for many years. If you drive into downtown between about 7:30 and 8:30 (at least before the pandemic), there was a lot of traffic and it took a long time.  I’m not sure what to tell you, that was my experience. I didn’t bash Del Ray, I even said I loved it. I just think listing good commute as one of the attributes is odd. If you were further south and could walk more easily to Braddock, then I’d agree. But this particular house is too far. [/quote]

If you have parking available, it's far faster to drive than to take the train. In fact, having lived in both Northwest and Alexandria, I've found the drive is shorter from Alexandria than either the train or driving from NW DC. [/quote]Have you driven through Alexandria recently?  It is brutal.  I'm pretty zen but I can understand why residents are losing it.  And it doesn't seem to matter North/South, South/North, East/West, West/East.  It is all bad.[/quote]

Yes dearie. I actually live and drive in Alexandria every day. It's fine. It's not bad. Maybe it feels bad for Fairfax residents with long drives already, but ain't no one in North Ridge complaining about the commute. Indeed, the only thing that impacts us are dickwad truckers from Hagerstown. [/quote]

Huh.  We live in Rosemont and commuting around town is horrible.  Last week I had to go from the medical building on Seminary to King & Washington last week.  It took me 49 minutes and I left the medical building at 3:25.  Driving back from school pick up in DC last week the back up on the GW Parkway started before National Airport and lasted all the way to Faccia Luna where I went to pick up dinner, and it took roughly an hour.  Then getting over to Rosemont from Faccia Luna to home took 25 minutes.  I don't know the exact mileage but probably less than 2 miles.  Alexandria sucks for traffic and it doesn't matter if you're a live here or you aren't.  Neither of those two excursions were made on the trucker day.  The truckers were nothing.[/quote]

Wait a second. You're complaining about the commute from a far upper NW private school to South Old Town to Rosemont commute taking an hour at rush hour? That's on you for poor planning.. There's no where in this entire region you could live and not encounter that sort of traffic at certain times. [/quote]
What?  Where did you get that?  RIF.  The drive from National Airport to Faccia Luna was an hour.  That's all attributable to Alexandria.  Jeez.  No wonder you like Del Ray.[/quote]

Try writing clearly next time. You started your story with school pick up in DC. And traffic is certainly not "attributable to Alexandria."  [/quote]

Learn to read:

[quote]Driving back from school pick up in DC last week[b] the back up on the GW Parkway started before National Airport and lasted all the way to Faccia Luna where I went to pick up dinner, and it took roughly an hour. [/b][/quote]

Jeez.  Talk about deliberately obtuse and willfully ignorant.  I concede that I could have been more clear that the one hour was from National Airport to the restaurant.  Getting in and out of DC is a breeze.  Alexandria, NOT.[/quote]

Sorry you have a miserable life and can't write your way out of a box. [/quote]

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