Yup, this is what I came here to say. I've lived my whole life in the DC metro area, and so I have a huge network but rarely can see everyone. Everyone is 45 mins away with traffic, making weeknight hangs impossible. And this is a problem even for my ethnic/church community, where we all feel like family and truly WANT to see each other.…
Yup, this is what I came here to say. I've lived my whole life in the DC metro area, and so I have a huge network but rarely can see everyone. Everyone is 45 mins away with traffic, making weeknight hangs impossible. And this is a problem even for my ethnic/church community, where we all feel like family and truly WANT to see each other. there's just too much sprawl. better transit would make a difference (esp across state lines), as would shorter work hours.
I live in the DC area and this is so real! my friends used to all live in silver spring, but they've scattered to move closer to work and if I meet anyone new at work or a hobby, they could live anywhere from Baltimore to northern VA to Maryland suburbs. It's frustrating how we're all in the same metro area, but too far apart to casually meet up. (not to mention that half of my friends live on the other side of the red line from each other, so public transit to get together takes 4x as long as driving for no reason)
Yup, this is what I came here to say. I've lived my whole life in the DC metro area, and so I have a huge network but rarely can see everyone. Everyone is 45 mins away with traffic, making weeknight hangs impossible. And this is a problem even for my ethnic/church community, where we all feel like family and truly WANT to see each other. there's just too much sprawl. better transit would make a difference (esp across state lines), as would shorter work hours.
I live in the DC area and this is so real! my friends used to all live in silver spring, but they've scattered to move closer to work and if I meet anyone new at work or a hobby, they could live anywhere from Baltimore to northern VA to Maryland suburbs. It's frustrating how we're all in the same metro area, but too far apart to casually meet up. (not to mention that half of my friends live on the other side of the red line from each other, so public transit to get together takes 4x as long as driving for no reason)
exactly!