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To: radiohead

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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85 posted on 11/29/2006 12:40:18 PM PST by Moose4 (Baa havoc, and let slip the sheep of war.)
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To: Moose4
"... in 1987, my training manager ... lived in Harper's Ferry WV and commuted to Fairfax ..."

In the mid-1970's, a friend commuted by train every workday from Harper's Ferry to DC. Initially, I thought he was crazy, but on days when my 6-mile afternoon commute from DC to Alexandria took more than an hour, I thought I was the crazy one.
93 posted on 11/29/2006 12:54:46 PM PST by riverdawg
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To: Moose4

I got freaked out commuting from Silver Spring to Dupont Circle. It wasn't the length of the commute, but the packed trains and metro stations. Now I'm in Seattle and the 1 hour commute by 2 buses to go a distance of 4 miles is killer.

Next month I move to a small town in the midwest, where I'm told they have 'rush minutes' and not a rush hour. I'm ready for the change. I can't deal w/being out in the weather and waiting on buses anymore. I'm going to buy a car and join the rest of America in subsidizing Big Oil. Even if it's cold, I won't care anymore. I'll be in my own freakin' car in my 10 minute commute to work.


102 posted on 11/29/2006 1:26:28 PM PST by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking, guts you coward.)
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