The entire DC Metro area is rather expensive, but there are good finds if you take the time to look for them.

If you can't find a place near a Metro station, "slugging" is an option -- a mode of transportation I had never heard of before moving here.

http://www.commuterpage.com/
http://www.slug-lines.com/

Good luck!

Cheers,
Diane

 

Prepare for 2X the cost of rent or mortgage as you had in NC. I'm planning to move to NC soon to escape living in a shack because I can't afford a mortgage! townhouses and apartments near DC are upwards of $400K still...and that's with decreasing property values. I hope you are making 2X what you did in NC.

Oh, yes. WELCOME to DC!

 

I haven't heard of slugging at all and I've been here close to 20 years! I guess it isn't as prevalent in Montgomery County...

 

Lived ina and around DC my whole life, thought slugging was a Northern VA thing. But I have heard of it and that makes me better than Bill.

 

Welcome to the Mid-A

Welcome to the second-worst gridlock in the country

 

love the lip on the gramlights