Indeed. Every time I have to go into DC, and see the ridiculous traffic heading towards the city and on the Beltway, I wonder why anyone would willingly endure that every day just so they can work in DC or suburbs.
In the greater DC area, I have about 1.5 hours commute every day. I chose to live a distance away from work.
Check out the salaries being drawn at any of the “Beltway bandits” I go to a conference every year in D.C. and I am shocked at the excess. I’ll consider a Beltway job fir a price.