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Does anybody loathe living in the DC Metro area? |
Travel Info I used to live in Upstate New York and it was the greatest place to live, but there were no jobs. People were a lot nicer, there was no traffic, and houses didn't cost a million bucks! Travel Tips I grew up in Montgomery County MD so I know what you're talking about. The price of housing, and other living expenses is outrageous. If you are a Doctor or a Lawyer and enjoy sitting in traffic - this may be the place for you. I recently moved to WV (just north west of Loudoun County) - but many of the same old problems persist. Traffic is a nightmare (Loudoun & Fairfax County)! It takes me over 3 hours to commute 92 miles per day. People are selfish, rude and arrogant. Look out for number 1 should be the motto here. I have been to upstate New York (Liberty & Monticello) touring - we thought about moving there. It is very beautiful there and the people are a lot nicer. But finding work would be a pain in the rear end. The good part about this area is the fact that you are so close to everything! The Nation's Capital is here, we have beaches and mountains (w/in an hour's drive), Baltimore is a great place to visit and it's a stones throw from DC. If you ever wanna chat about DC (or just vent) shoot me an e-mail! Best wishes! Others seems like the only thing upstate new york had going for it was nice people. traffic is bad but you get used to it. houses are expensive so you live in the suburbs. i quite enjoy living in the DC area. I used to live 10 years right outside of Washington DC (in VA/Fairfax County) I LOVED IT!! People were very nice, made lots of friends, the traffic was bad & the mosquitoes in the summer were bad... We live now far away from DC, but I do miss it (not the traffic though...lol) I love the diversity of the whole DC area. I live in Fairfax, VA now, but when I was younger I lived in Alexandria, VA, and Waldorf, MD. I was born in D.C. I moved here to Fairfax in August of 2005 from southwestern Ohio and we'd sold our pretty big house on a LOT of land for barely $180,000. We moved at the height of the housing market and a relator back in Ohio had said if we could pick up our house and bring it to the Fairfax area with us, it would have sold for near $1 million. (BTW, we're renting because right now, all we can afford is a shack out here, or so it seems) You know, really crappy, old houses out here sell for as much as $500,000, houses that are wired improperly, haven't been updated, don't have finished basements or yards, and to me, coming from Ohio, $500,000 could get you a house that is less than 10 years old, with 5 bedrooms and 6 baths, with 4,000 sq. feet of living space with a 3 car garage and a pool on almost an acre of land! Obviously prices in these kinds of areas have always been steeper, but GEEZ! It makes me sick to think about it. I don't know about the public school system (I moved here after graduating high school), but I came from a pretty big school system myself. My graduating class was something like 550 kids, and we were actually the smallest class in the school. I heard a couple teachers say that they expected 2800 students total after my graduating class, so whatever. I hated living in this area, esp. with the traffic and the effing crazy drivers, but I like it now, two years later. I go to a university I like, I've made some friends, and gotten to know the area better than people who have lived here their whole lives. I do think it's hilarious how if I travel even just 40 miles southwest into Virginia, it's like another state. But all in all, I love the change of scenery. Ohio was all right, but there was no diversity in my city. There are- surprisingly- a lot more trees here than in my old city. It's fun, it's exhilarating, if not sometimes a hassle. The weather here, no matter how many times native Virginians tell me it isn't, is MUCH more stable than the weather in Ohio, even if the summers are hotter and more humid. I do like being close to a major city like this. You've got beaches and mountains nearby and TONS of history. My friends in Ohio are all jealous. :) Like I said, I live in the D.C. area. I agree. I think it's a more pleasant place to visit than to live. I agree that the people are rude and arrogant, it's one of the most expensive cities in the country (outside California), it's got the worst traffic of anywhere in the country (except California), and the weather sucks. It does have great cultural opportunities especially with the Smithsonian, and lots of other things worth visiting, but living there sucks. I grew up in the DC area and still visit for work several times a month. |
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