Reply #80: Yeah, live close enough to Metro, and you can get downtown [View All]

[Burma Jones]

But, I've almost never worked in DC proper. Most of the jobs are in the 'burbs. But considering things like schools, parks, lower taxes with better services, the DC 'burbs are better. Prince Georges County boasts the highest minority income levels in the nation. Montgomery has the best educated population in the USA. Fairfax has the second highest median family income.

Also, organized crime never got a foothold in the DC area (unless you count Tom DeLay), so things like waste management and road construction and a host of other services are done better and cheaper.