# commuting between DC and Baltimore?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commuting-between-dc-and-baltimore/342333>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 31, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commuting-between-dc-and-baltimore/342333 "2006-01-31T12:25:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commuting-between-dc-and-baltimore/342333/21 "2006-02-02T20:29:45Z")

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Silver Spring is where some really good friends of mine live. He works in downtown Baltimore, and she worked in NoVa until recently. They had about equal commutes.

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**Author:** ![OLAP\_Cube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba9def/32.png) [@OLAP\_Cube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OLAP_Cube)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commuting-between-dc-and-baltimore/342333/22 "2006-02-03T14:21:31Z")

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If you can afford it, **[Gaithersburg, MD](http://www.beyonddc.com/profiles/gaithersburg.shtml)** is an option. DC commuter can hop on the Metro Red Line. Baltimore commuter can drive: 27 \> 70 \> Baltimore Beltway. Depending on where you work in Baltimore, the drive would be anywhere from :50 to 1:45.

And G-Burg is a great place to live. Twas recently picked the [#17 Best Place To Live](http://money.cnn.com/best/bplive/snapshots/49184.html) by CNN/Money.

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commuting-between-dc-and-baltimore/342333/23 "2006-02-03T14:38:57Z")

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> [@Trunk](#):
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> Tacoma Park is a kind of interesting. (do a search here for “filthy, filthy hippies” for a thread on it).

[Yo.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=341882)

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commuting-between-dc-and-baltimore/342333/24 "2006-02-03T17:57:54Z")

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> [@Endemic](#):
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> Thanks **Lute**. I wish I was an engineer. No, I chose the rocky path. I’m an economist.

Commerce, Labor, and the IRS currently have Economist openings. I don’t know if they still require applicants to take civil service exams but it would probably be a good idea.

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