[LambSlave]

You are correct, but only up to a point. Even after living adjustment, they can get a bigger house away from DC.

I would disagree; I know many federal DC area workers, and they all actually live in quite reasonable cost of living areas, despite working in the greater Baltimore/DC locality pay area. Some live in VA, Delaware, PA, or more rural parts of MD, so the loss of DC locality pay would be a huge offset if they had to go to farm country.

[Fhios]

with traffic worse than the 5/405 split in LA.