“This just makes sense.
Many people have already figured out that spending hours a day commuting just doesn’t pencil out .... economically,...
The DC/metro area is now from Shepherdstown, WV to DC down to Fredericksburg and heading toward Richmond. The cost of living in the metro is prohibitively expensive.
Even Gaithersburg is too much and now Frederick, MD is going out of sight.
There aren’t enough affordable living spaces closer to work in many places that you would want to live in, and that is the key.
Granted the metro is going farther and farther out, but it’s still a monster drive.
That’s why Howard County, MD (where I live) has so many homes built in the last 20 years and so few before that.