They're good for short trips with the configuration but not long ones. Also the digital announcements sound like a drunk woman

Wish it ran earlier & longer to make early/late flights possible. I think on weekends, if you're coming from DC the earliest flight you could conceivably take would need to be no earlier than ~9.45am.

Front Royal. The end of 66. It’s about an hour to a metro station, not bad really.

More leg room but way less cushion haha

Not OP but there’s an entrance to the W&OD trail around the corner from Wiehle Reston stop, it’s on wiehle Ave by the pupatella

WMATA gets a lot of shit, but compared to the sorry state of public transportation in the US it's not that bad. They're trying and they're stuck balancing the desires of three states, two of which need to appease suburban commuters. And the Federal Government is here and sometimes meddles. Yeah it could be improved but we are still top 3 in the US.

> crime-panic posts that don't really have merit

Yeah, all of them. ;)

Where do you live that you don't have a bus route nearby but there's a metro station a short drive away?

All of the close-in jurisdictions have extensive connections to metro.....the only caveat is they're only for those which don't turn up their nose at walking a few blocks to then get on a bus.

I think what they mean is that the walk from the station to the terminal is always going to be the same amount of time every trip.

I think its the « final » salary if that make sense? So this 4300 is the salary i will get. But just to know: if its not the case, what does that mean? Because im not 1000% sure

Yeah i was a bit wary about the whole roomate thing : are the accommodations good if you are sharing?

I will check on those Facebook pages thanks you!!

People live where they live for many reasons. Transit options aren’t always the top reasons. No need to get into that when I’m just saying it would be good for my state to invest in more good stuff :)

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NOVA dude here with a pal who lives and works around Woodley Park who recently mentioned nearly identical sentiments as OP.

Of course, he's also one of those guys who think one needs a Sherpa and oxygen bottles to travel from DC to Fairfax County to hit Udvar-Hazy. As a former Springfield, current Ashburn resident, I love me some blue and silver line....

It’s wonderful. I flew in to Dulles last month because it was so much cheaper and it was only $2 and 1 hour 5 minutes from Dulles to Eastern Market. Was happy to wait for the train.

Is the €4300 pre or post tax?

Post tax that’s decent enough money for starting out in DC.

You’ll want to find a room share, where you have roommates. You can get a room with multiple roommates for around $1000 per month.

I would recommend finding a place on or near a bus or metro line to work. You won’t need a drivers license.

There is also a fairly large French population in dc. You can find dedicated Facebook groups for that for more specific questions.

you could always opt to live in an area which has bus and rail connections

Will do. Appreciate your help so much!

I don't know about "just walk in" given all the walking under the parking lot, but I've also learned to add 15m when i go to Dulles to just walk through the massive place

When I looked at this subreddit yesterday two of the top posts were:

One, this one, implying that a "Latino" man was trying to kidnap OP, though now that they've commented more it sounds like it was probably just a guy looking for parking

and

Two, a guy claiming that armed robberies are "exploding" in DC right now and saying that we all know the races of the perpetrators, implying that obviously the problem is black people - and when I looked at his post history he was a BMW obsessed bro living in the Wharf area and he actually said that he thinks the National Guard should occupy DC "24/7" to crack down on crime. The guy was unhinged.

It's not an easy job (and also a job that they don't get paid for), but the moderators will have to keep an eye out for crime-panic posts that don't really have merit.

I mean, it's nice that getting to/from IAD has gone from a 4-seat ride to a 3-seat one, but it's not world-shattering.

Edit: apparently from the downvotes a lot of people don't know how much one needs to use buses to get to/from metro stations. (or deal with several mile walks). You should try actually using the transit here.

It really is a huge thing. Back when I did the whole M-F work travel thing, when I was in cities without easy transit to the airport (coughcoughLGA), there were plenty of times I'd miss my flight due to sitting in traffic at the airport.

yes definitely-- look for the private homes selling their off-street parking, on Half Street and on Carrolsburg Place-- those are much easier to get out of after the game than the big garages are. Just make sure you park exactly like the homeowner's instructions tell you to. Some of those spaces are tight.

Metro is like 1 block from the stadium too btw.

Awesome, thank you! Had never heard of that app. Would you recommend doing the same for a Nationals game?

I also took the silver line for the first time for a flight out of Dulles. Front door to terminal was 2 hrs and 15 min, CABI to Shaw to Dulles.

I haven't been watching the hearing, but I suspect this is right. Still, the failures of the US Attorney's office need greater exposure. And while I know this isn't always a popular opinion, but we also need more focus on the misguided public safety agenda of the DC Council.