My husband works in dahlgren and we chose fredericksburg. I got alot of backtalk about not moving there for various reasons but I have to say I do enjoy it so far (its been a whole month
). We came from san diego area so things ARE different here but in a nice way mostly. Dahlgren proper is pretty rural though, there are some small strips malls (mainly with a subway, giant food store, mcdonalds etc) and then there is the military base and a realtor, bank but not much else. It IS beautiful though. I know a few people who do get enormous homes in king george/colonial beach but for a couple w/o kiddos, I'd say you probably would like fredericksburg area much better. There is a mecca of shopping in fburg, everything is right here. You can easily find a place for 1500, in fact you probably could find a single family home with large yard for about $1700. There won't be too much "nightlife" here from what I can tell, but the downtown area is cute and most of the areas (with a few rougher areas) are safe. It takes about 30-40 min to commute and the drive is simple, its mainly a 2 lane highway getting out to dahlgren and it is pretty dead so its enjoyable rather than sitting on the 95 to go north to DC or something. I haven't experienced much traffic here at all but this is coming from southern cali standards. I know people ***** about the traffic here and I wonder why but Im sure they knew it before fburg got more built up with shopping so its all relative.
Good luck!
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where to live, hubby's work in Dahlgren, Va.
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