Can anyone suggest a coastal like community in MD or VA within reasonable commuting distance to Washington DC?

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   To get to Ocean City MD from Baltimore on an ideal commute still takes about 3 hours maybe more. DC is roughly the same distance away from from Ocean City. If you want to live by the Ocean and work in DC, forget about it, that's not happening. Let's not even talk about traffic, DC traffic, especially on the beltway is some of the most congested traffic in the country on a daily basis.
   
   If you want to live near water in the coastal community like say Annapolis on the Cheseapeke Bay, that may be a place of interest for you, but that still puts you 45 minutes outside of DC commuting wise in ideal conditions. Factor in DC traffic especially in rush hour, and your commute even from the bay I'd say is over an hour.
   
   I would ultimately have to say that while living in a coastal town in MD or VA is a nice thought, but if you want to commute to DC on a regular basis, especially for work, you probably want to change your mindset into thinking about living somewhere that puts you within reasonable driving distance of a DC metro station. I'd say that you are moving in with a much larger conglomeration of people than what you are probably used to in Alabama. Here you have two large cities less than 50 miles apart and a lot of people around an in between.

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   Washington DC is not a coastal city, as I'm sure you know. It is near to the Chesapeake Bay, but not near enough that you could commute to DC in under an hour at the very least. In addition, $225,000 is probably not a reasonable price to pay for a house in that area. For that price, you'd probably have to live either in a small townhouse or a house pretty far away from the city. Traffic in the area is really ridiculous, so before you buy anything you should definitely test out your commute first.

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   I have to agree with the others $225,000 is not nearly enough for a home ini this area and would be lucky to get a townhouse for that. To live in the metro/suburban area $80K income will not be enough to be comfortable. (I live in a very rural area and 80K is barely enough there) If you want coastal living, look for something along the Chesapeake Bay in MD or VA. Maybe you could find a small home in a small town and the commute would not be more than a couple of hrs. But the traffic is horrendous and you probably will want to use the metro system if working in the city. Good luck in your quest!

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