Herndon?? That's a long way to go to be a 'suburb.' Silver Spring and Alexandria are suburbs. When I was growing up in DC, Herndon was the country. No way would I want that commute.
There are people who live in West Virginia and commute to DC every day.
Herndon's not even the outer ring of suburbs anymore. When I was there in the late '80s (and lived in Herndon for a little while), it was. The edge of the 'burbs was basically Herndon/Gainesville to the west, and Woodbridge/Dale City/Quantico/Triangle to the south. Now, out the Route 7/I-66 corridor, the burbs stretch well beyond Ashburn, and to the south...well, Aquia, Garrisonville, hell, even Fredericksburg is often considered a DC suburb these days. On busy days I-95 will be an off-and-on parking lot literally between the Sausage Grinder and Route 3 in Fredericksburg, almost 50 miles.
Even back in 1987, my training manager at AT&T lived in Harper's Ferry, WV and commuted to Fairfax every day. I couldn't imagine doing that, an hour and a half each way, five days a week.
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