casualmadness
Man about town
Looks like I'm moving to Alexandria. It will be a big step in the right direction after living in Montgomery County (Silver Spring) for the past couple years. The wife and I moved here in September 2012 from western Washington (that's state...not DC). We knew nothing about MD but I accepted a big jump in job with the caveat that I relocate to Baltimore. Done. Regret it now (we're home sick) but here we are. We bought a place in Silver Spring. After a few months-we realized what we had done. Stuck it out until a couple months ago and I finally broke. Told the wife "I ain't staying here no mo."
So we started looking. I wanted to move out to maybe WV-or western VA. But the fact is; I work in Baltimore and she works in DC. Multiple hour commutes just ain't doable. She wanted Springfield, Falls Church, Arlington, etc. I detest most of those areas but again...we have to work (at least until I can work out my dream of being a stay at home dog owner). So we settled on a place in Alexandria. Signing the papers today and our MoCo house has already sold (we have until 4/30 to get out).
The commute isn't going to be awful. The house is literally about a mile from 495. It's about two miles to metro-though that doesn't help me as I work in Baltimore. I know the traffic is rough in that area but I've commuted from Arlington and from Fairfax city to Baltimore. So I know what I'm in for-and I'm still on board with getting out of MD. We realize FFX county isn't perfect but it's a helluva lot better than MoCo.
Any of you guys in Alexandria?
So we started looking. I wanted to move out to maybe WV-or western VA. But the fact is; I work in Baltimore and she works in DC. Multiple hour commutes just ain't doable. She wanted Springfield, Falls Church, Arlington, etc. I detest most of those areas but again...we have to work (at least until I can work out my dream of being a stay at home dog owner). So we settled on a place in Alexandria. Signing the papers today and our MoCo house has already sold (we have until 4/30 to get out).
The commute isn't going to be awful. The house is literally about a mile from 495. It's about two miles to metro-though that doesn't help me as I work in Baltimore. I know the traffic is rough in that area but I've commuted from Arlington and from Fairfax city to Baltimore. So I know what I'm in for-and I'm still on board with getting out of MD. We realize FFX county isn't perfect but it's a helluva lot better than MoCo.
Any of you guys in Alexandria?