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01-16-2009, 11:44 PM
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Commute from Rockville to Baltimore
Hi all,
Does anyone know how painful the commute is to go from Rockville to Baltimore? There is a chance that my work is moving me to Baltimore (from Greenbelt), and I'm wondering whether this is going to end up giving me a killer commute or not. Thanks!
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01-17-2009, 03:53 AM
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Yep. Killer commute. Probably 1.5 hours one way.
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01-17-2009, 06:59 AM
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It will be a haul - but people do it. I worked with a guy who commuted from Baltimore to Reston, in 03 everyday. And he is still doing it as of today - has stoopid miles on his car  . You may be able to take the backroads from RKV to 70, depending on where you live. That should help a bit, either way distance wise, it's a bit much. But..there are people who do it everyday.  |
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01-17-2009, 08:25 AM
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Not for everyone, but works for some people
I knew several people that worked in Rockville and bought places in Baltimore. After a few years, one of the coworkers ended up putting their place on the market - it was just too much of a commute for them. The other coworker I think was fine with the commute.
House in Rockville, work in Baltimore might be significantly less painful than the other way around due to commuting patterns though.
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01-17-2009, 09:37 AM
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Thanks for the input. I've done the commute from Chevy Chase to Hanover before, and it wasn't bad since I was going against traffic. Rockville to Baltimore will be much farther, but I was hoping that it wouldn't be that bad. Sigh... oh well.
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01-17-2009, 01:31 PM
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I did it several times in the past month, and each time it took 1.5 hours one way.
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01-17-2009, 02:50 PM
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My husband used to commute from North Bethesda (near the White Flint station) and on a good day, it would take him 50 minutes. A bad day could easily be an hour and a half.
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01-20-2009, 11:03 AM
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On a good day, about 50 minutes like the poster above said. But like 30% of the time there'll have been an accident and then it's a really really awful trip. Between like 745 and 9:30 there'll be a lot of traffic either way
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01-21-2009, 08:03 PM
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When in the ICC is done, won't be that bad.
Until then...yikes!!!!!!!!!!
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01-22-2009, 07:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PSUguy
When in the ICC is done, won't be that bad.
Until then...yikes!!!!!!!!!!
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But the ICC won't be free. |
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