Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area?
by madengr on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @06:25PM
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Assuming they can keep it from catching on fire or de-railing. I'm happy to be out of NOVA/MD/DC.
Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area?
by wyclif on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @07:18PM
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I lived in Vienna, VA for a while, so I'm pretty familiar with all the failings of WMATA. And there are many. But...and it's a big "but", if you've lived in any major non-coastal city in the US you might think that DC's Metrorail is at least a public rail system, which is better than many cities have.
It's sad that in the US, you have to take what you can get, and the reasons why the US doesn't have good public transportation have been discussed here ad nauseum, so I won't even flog that dead horse again.
Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area?
by madengr on Thursday December 15, 2016 @04:55PM
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Sure, but when the density gets too high, you require public transportation to get around. I used to live in Falls Church. 20 years ago it only took 20 minutes to drive 5 miles to Tysons Corner (still crazy). Now it takes 45, but you can take the metro.
Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area?
by astrange on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @05:02PM
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Sorry, meant the suburbs I guess. Some friends in the military and government definitely complain about how long it takes to drive a short distance.
I've only ridden the Metro once, yeah.
I'm assuming you've never paid us a visit :( DC literally has the second largest mass transit system in the country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_rapid_tr...