i have lived in Maryland, the district and Virginia and made regular business visits after i moved away from dc area. i am very familiar with the dc area. 2 jobs would make it more complicated. i had work mates that lived in west Virginia.
i do not have to imagine what is there. i know it.
my point is that out of the big metro areas you do not have all that.
--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: Auto bailout
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 6:57 AM
> Hi Ken,
>
> Most of the people who work in Washington live in the
> burbs - and we
> have a lovely mass transit system in Northern Virginia and
> DC - no clue
> about MD. And tons of people do commute that way. However
> if you live a
> time critical life - example I have two jobs - and do them
> both on
> Mon-Thurs, plus help my Mom out - the time involved in
> public transport
> is means it doesn't work for you.
>
> Here at Synectics - we have people who drive to work (we
> are located in
> Rosslyn directly across from Key bridge) from Baltimore -
> some of them
> take the MARC train and then the subway. Others live in the
> hindterlands
> of Va, where they find they must drive. Another thing we
> have here is
> calling slugging - were you wait at a sign and a driver
> going your way
> that has space stops and picks you up. Plus we have private
> van
> companies that do van pools.
>
> By the way the suburb of Fairfax has roughly a million
> people, and I
> think Arlington is heading to the million mark also. The
> mass transit
> system is the subway ( which doesn't just run in the
> city but comes out
> into the burbs) and Metro buses - then Fairfax has the
> connector buses,
> Arlington has ART buses and Alexandria has DASH buses -
> don't know what
> Herndon, Oakton or the other more distance burbs have. You
> would not
> believe the number of buses here. Even places like
> Georgetown University
> have buses that run, Children's Hospital has a shuttle
> from the nearest
> metro stop. With enough time you can get around here
> without a car. I
> never drove until I had to be able to leave at the drop of
> a hat to be
> there for Amber in the event she had a problem or therapy.
>
> House prices drove people to live further and further out,
> and then it's
> not so convenient for them - I live in Alexandria and can
> walk to
> everything because I am surrounded by shopping centers. But
> I drive
> because how do I carry the stuff back? Pre Fibro-Myalgia -
> I certainly
> did more stuff like that.
>
> Trisha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of ken barber
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Auto bailout
>
> if you live in washington you could do without a car
> altogether, but get
> out of the big cities it is a different story. i will just
> defer to
> kendall's post.
>
>
> --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Trisha Cummings
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > From: Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Auto bailout
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 6:52 AM
> > Hi,
> >
> > The only reason I can see for 400 miles is for trips
> but
> > then I think
> > most people go more than 400 miles in a day on a trip.
> I go
> > 250 miles
> > and then fill the car up - and I don't see why you
> > can't just plug your
> > car in at night. Let's face it most cars spend
> their
> > lives sitting
> > somewhere waiting for us. Or at least mine does - its
> > parked in a lot or
> > the driveway.
> >
> > Trisha
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cerebral Palsy List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> > Of Tamar Raine
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:44 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Auto bailout
> >
> > why 400 miles? i'd say 250 miles between
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