Commuting from WV to DC

[onecoolmama]

Does anyone work in Dc and live in WV? People have told me that the commute is not that far..but from what I can tell, it would be a two and 15 minute commute on the train. Does anyone drive it? Is it not as far to drive? Any help would be great!

 

[caitycaity]

whether you should drive or take the train would depend at what time you are commuting. i live right off of I-270 in rockville, md. we've driven to wv from here before and it's not too bad of a drive, depending on where you live. i know a few people who do that wv-dc commute.

if you are going to be commuting during normal rush hour, it could easily take you more than 2 hours to drive. sometimes it takes us an hour and a half to two hours to get in and that is just from the suburbs. the average from where we live to downtown during rush hour is an hour.

 

[onecoolmama]

Thanks. I live in gaithersburg and my DH works downtown. In the rain it can take him over an hour and a half just to get home. I really dont want to move out there..but we dont own a house yet. So we either need to move away (atlanta or raleigh) or we need to move out there. I think I am leaning towards moving altogether. The schools are not great there and I can get a much bigger house in another area and still be a SAHM! But thanks again..I had never done the drive to Martinsburg...so the information was great!