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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:28 PM Original message |
I've decided to move to the DC area. Anyone have |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:30 PM Original message |
Cost of living is astronomical |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Will you become DC Explorer when Skinner grants screenname amnesty? |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. DC Explorer...hmmm...*rubs chin* ... Maybe =). |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's pricey |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Actually, I'm originally from the Tidewater area, and |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Don't forget |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That's very good reasoning. I would love to be able to live |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Yeah, If you can afford to live in closer in, say Falls Church/Arlington you can |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Originally from NN then moved to DC for a couple of years. Too hectic and $$ |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Hey me too! |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Highest cost of living on the planet |
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matt819 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Plan on $1000/mth for rent in DC |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Thanks for the info, matt819. All good points. Actually, I need nothing |
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Seedersandleechers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. On the planet? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Texas is cheaper (that's why we're here) - but I have to say I'm jealous - |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. No offense to Texas. It's has it's charms. But, |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I know. I'm in my 40's now w/small children. I lived in DC area for |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. the cost of living is cheaper there, we lived in Spring for 3 years and that actually |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. I Actually Have a Couple of Cheap Rooms for Rent |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Please check your inbox =) n/t |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Funny, driving home from work I started fantasizing about the possibility |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. What an inspiring daydream! Personally, once there in the region, |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Good for you. Yeah, expecting arrests and jail was also part of my dream. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. CodePink has an impressive activist house |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. I have a friend who just did that. |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. Arlington, Virginia native here |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. yipes, how can a fellow Arlingtonian think about turning to Springfield?? |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Arlingtonian? Wow, haven't heard that |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Things have changed |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. They sure have changed! |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I haven't been over there in more than a year |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Thank you very much :-) |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Oh, honey |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. for the record |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Not everyone |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. ok, I guess the burbs are different |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. That's likely the case |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Lived all over that area |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. There is a good, cheap hostel to stay in while visiting. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. In Arlington |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. Used to live in Fairfax, but when I retired, came out to Front Royal in the mountains. Love it and |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. From 1983 to 1989 I lived in Gaithersburg, MD... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. Rockville, MD |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
42. THANK YOU! to all who have responded! This is why I |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. I lived there in the early 90s ... so I'm not up to date. BUT |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Takoma Park and Rainier are two progressive suburbs. |
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THX1138 (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
46. I left DC for the same reason |
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