# Reston Virginia: Tell me the good, the bad, and the ugly

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 14, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reston-virginia-tell-me-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/419186 "2007-09-14T15:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reston-virginia-tell-me-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/419186/41 "2007-09-19T18:25:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Trunk]  
If I was that age, making 70K, I’d try to live in (or near) the city, and commute to the burbs.  
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$70k in Baltimore is not $70k in DC: rent-wise, a nice 1-2BR apartment or even 2-3BR townhouse in Reston is roughly equal to just a studio in DC – and maybe not in the greatest neighborhood. And then there’s the parking issue, unless she relies on Metro/buses (which are iffy for getting out to Reston). It’s not out of the question, but living downtown on that salary isn’t as simple as you’d think.

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