I live in Upper Marlboro and would love to work in Suitland. I'm schlepping it to NW DC now

Both of my parents worked in Suitland when I was a kid. We lived in the Rosemont neighborhood of Alex City (next to Old Town&Del Ray, though at the time Del Ray was not the place it is today).

Well, OP, I live in PG county and you have to do the math. If you are interested in thinking about living in PG county do you have the discipline to buy a lower cost home near a good elementary and save money in order to pay for private later or move again? We did this math and we chose PG, not to mention the commute will be much better to just live near your job. A house near a good elementary in Bowie will be 400k, compared to a similar house in Virginia or Moco which will be 800k. That math worked out for us, and I am actually very happy where I live. People are friendly, we are close to amenities, our commutes are good, it's not as crowded. I feel I made the right decision.

My husband works in Suitland.We live in North Potomac. He takes the ICC usually and his commute is 1 hr. It is not too bad when you consider that he can telework twice a week. Other people he works with live in Columbia, Arlington and Alexandria.

Waldorf or LaPlata

I have two friends at Census. One lives in Edgewater in a lovely neighborhood on a golf course. The other is in Fairfax.

Anonymous wrote:I would not recommend living in Suitland. If you are going to be working at the Census Bureau, it is Metro accessible so that leaves a lot of options. You could choose Alexandria, Bowie, Upper Marlboro or SW DC.

With Bowie and UM, you could just drive to work. Metro won't really help.

I would not recommend living in Suitland. If you are going to be working at the Census Bureau, it is Metro accessible so that leaves a lot of options. You could choose Alexandria, Bowie, Upper Marlboro or SW DC.

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Anonymous wrote:Op. We right now live in Reston...

^^^ op here I mean...

You posted before about the job change with a longer commute. It's good you are looking to move, but I think you are not going to find a magic answer beyond those in that thread. People in suitland either commute far or live in Burke, Alexandria, etc.

Anonymous wrote:Op. We right now live in Reston...

^^^ op here I mean...

Op. We right now live in Reston...

I commute there from Alexandria (Fairfax county). Schools are good and the commute goes against traffic so it's a piece of cake.

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Anonymous wrote:PG county public schools are unusable for your K-er. Live close to work and pay private tuition, or live in Fairfax County south of the GW parkway, use public schools, and commute.

That's not true. PG has many highly rated elementary schools, middle school and high school are where the problems are. Specifically there are some highly rated elementary schools in Bowie, such as Heather Hills which has a great schools rating of 10.

http://www.zillow.com/bowie-md/schools/

And even more horribly rated ones

Anonymous wrote:I would have to be so desperate to take a job in Suitland.

It's a 15 min drive from DC reverse commute? Would you take a job downtown?

Anonymous wrote:Live in rockville. Leave early, come home early.

Rockville is a long commute from Suitland. I wouldn't advise this as an option.