I’ll be fully remote, but the main office is the in the DC area. I’ll need easy access to an international airport and easy access to get to Atlanta a lot. I would like to be somewhere on the east coast so we can visit DC, NYC, etc., easily. My wife has just been looking at suburbs of DC and that one stood out to her. Any other suggestions to look at would be great.
Love DC. Lived and worked there for 10 years, but that was a little over a decade ago at this point. iirc, that commute from Silver Spring to either of DC's airports isn't fun. Driving around the beltway is a shit show and if you took the metro it would be a haul. things could have changed by now, but I wouldn't want to live there if I had to get to the airports frequently. I lived in Arlington and Falls Church and found both to be great. I could get to Dulles or Reagan "easily". Things have changed so much since I've been there though so I could be really off base. Where are you moving from? just trying to get a sense of what you're used to commuting/driving wise.
Thanks a lot. We are moving from the Nashville area. I have about a 45 minute commute to downtown Nashville everyday. Ideally, we want to live somewhere more progressive and ideally in a place with legal weed. We want easy access to the big cities, but really just want something walkable with good restaurants, bars, etc. We will have to get a house because we have dogs. Im really open to anything other than somewhere rural and somewhere overpopulated with chuds. Once it’s official, we are going to go visit the area to get a better lay of the land, so just looking for plenty of options now.
Any jurisdiction that is at least partially within the Beltway will be solidly progressive. Fairfax County VA is huge and has a ton of rich fuckers, so it’s a bit of a mixed bag, but you have to go out to Loudoun or Prince William Counties in VA to find republicans with any influence. Maryland between DC and Baltimore is solidly progressive, any place will meet that criteria. DC, VA, and MD all have legal recreational weed, I think. Anywhere near the metro in DC and anywhere in VA will have easy access to DCA and Dulles - even moreso as of this month, when the metro station opened up at Dulles. As goheels10 said, Falls Church (or Arlington near Falls Church/along the metro corridors) is great and walkable; the Del Ray neighborhood in Alexandria. Most anywhere in DC will meet your criteria, although houses may be particularly obscene; I’m partial to the Capitol Hill/Navy Yard area; but places like Shaw/Columbia Heights/Petworth will be more vibrant.
Was moving to Portland, Or. But ended up not doing it yet. 3 weeks before our move date my dad unexpectantly died so I’ve had to stay here and run his business because unfortunately he didn’t have an active trust so his whole estate is going to probate. So still thinking we may move when the time comes but it’ll probably be another 1.5 years estimated until all this shit is cleared up and its very much worth keeping the business going in the meantime rather than just letting it go, so everything is on hold.
Sounds like you have a wife and a kid that don't bother you while you watch sports. Basically until my 5-year-old goes to bed I can't watch anything since she demands attention all the time. The late starts for some of the games actually mean I get to enjoy them.
Have you considered access to DC by rail? Amtrak does a decent job throughout the northeast corridor as far north as Boston, down to DC. When traveling for work I always preferred train to plane. Less hassle, run more reliably and the extra time wasn’t as bad when factoring all that’s involved in getting to the airport, going through security, waiting at gate, etc.
Wow, sorry for your loss. Probate is a pain, just hang in there and hope it goes smoothly. Best of luck with that and the business. Are you in Palm Springs now or a neighboring town?
Trick question I don’t really watch sports except for kstate football when it’s interesting. Even then I’m usually doing something else cuz football is a boring slog of downtime and advertisements.
Thanks. It should be fine in the end, just going to take quite a but of time, which sucks. I live in Palm Desert.
I record everything and watch it on a delay so I never watch commercials. Maybe that would work for you as long as you stay off social media before watching if you don't want the scores. If there is a 9 am game PST, I record it and start watching after breakfast and catch up by the time it ends at 12:30 pm.
life has necessitated that i go back to alabama from chicago for a few months and i'm really not looking forward to it if for no reason other than i love the weather here. someday i will move even further north and it will be glorious.
the concept of never sweating is the greatest thing nordic jesus ever made. happy birthday, nordic jesus.
Nice community. I think the new hockey arena / 11k seat concert venue is going to be a great addition to the area. I'm in Indian Wells for the season ...
What about two states, I’m thinking Denver for April-October and up for ideas for non-Florida non-crazy expensive places November through March. That rejects SoCal and maybe Austin. How about NOLA although I’d gain 50lbs.
Im really excited for the hockey team. Going to my first game wednesday. You’ve got the right idea being here for the season. Its a nice place nov-march, Its just to the point that Its not worth the long hot summers and the lack of stuff for not retired people to do for me to want to stay. If I could do winters only here like you that would be much better but its not possible for me.
My wife went to school/worked in DC and lived in Alexandria and I really liked it. I wasn’t really feeling many of the outlying DC suburbs in VA, but that was more related to how far your real estate dollar goes. I’m a fan of beach/lake towns. I love living in the OBX, but with hurricanes/shore erosion, I know we’re on borrowed time. I’ve always loved Michigan, especially along the lake, having four seasons, etc. Trying to talk my wife into it, but she really wants nothing to do with Midwest winters. Maybe snow bird it.
Definitely considered it. I should have clarified but that is what I meant by “Easy” access to nyc from dc. The train availability is a huge selling point.
If you’re willing to look a little further north, central and south jersey are quite affordable with easy access to NYC (one to two hour train ride) and DC (about a 3 train ride). Also close proximity to the shore and Philly.
I live in Scottsdale at 3k feet the rest of the year, so when its 115 in Scottsdale and 120 in PS, it's 103 by me. I know you know how much of a difference that makes. I'm also retired, and swimming all year round is big for me. The beauty of Palm Desert is that everything in 5-10 minutes away. In AZ, it's 20 minutes to get anywhere ...
Dude, NJ has insane prop taxes. My buddy who just moved to AZ was paying 22k in Mahwah and is now paying 6k for a more expensive house ...
I never said it was perfect. Yes, property taxes are nuts, but cost of living still lower than other parts of the country discussed itt.
Mahwah also a very nice area in one of the most expensive counties to live in. Central and south jersey, not nearly as expensive.
You can get temporary residency really easily. Doesn't seem like a ton of benefit unless you want to register a car there
Very late reply here but I just couldn’t live that far from a major city. Beautiful area but just too remote for me. Redwood National Park is extremely underrated though.
California should spend a ton of money to turn Eureka into another coastal metropolis. It's perfectly situated to do so.
It’s an interesting idea. I’d love to read more about the reasoning around why they haven’t done more to build up that area, or for towns like San Luis Obipso on the central coast which are also amazing. SLO already has major universities there and it’s an appealing place to live imo, if only it were a more populated area.
I've never experienced it, but I've read/heard of ornery Mexican customs agent setting arbitrary limits on time in the country, or straight up now allowing some people. And I'd like to buy a place there in 2-3 years.
My friend and his wife experienced sticker shock moving from KC fo DC. He's lived in London, but never bought a house in an expensive market. They both work remotely so theyre renting in Silver Springs for now.
i think the cost is just enormous and until recently california has been very against huge capital projects of this magnitude. building out the infrastructure, roads, probably an entire rehab of the airport, etc is a big lift. luckily california has huge surpluses right now and has some political juice to do big things, but still think its a lofty goal as no one has really created a metropolis in the us from supply side infusions.
Also with the current climate change concerns I don’t know if CA can support much more population. May be over that as is
There is zero appetite deep in Nor Cal for it to become a metropolis and it’s pretty shitty place to be most of the year that gray cold wet weather gets old…….plus who wants to destroy all that Forests to build urban sprawl……….SLO and Santa Barbara counties don’t want to become giant metropolis people live there for that reason to avoid that
the fact that redwood foresting is still allowed at all in CA will always shock me. Those forests up north are immaculate