Live closer to DC if you’re going to have to go to both
True story:
In 2006 I was in the process of moving to the northern Virginia area. I had a job in downtown Richmond…literally downtown, my office overlooked the James river….and I had an offer at a job in DC. For ease, as the crow flies, the job in DC was 30 miles from my new house, the job in Richmond more than 90 miles
I spent a week exploring different ways to get to the DC job. I took the metro, the VRE, a commuter van, i drove myself, you get the idea
Not once did I get to the job site in DC faster than the one in Richmond
And that was 2006
Before the abomination that is now 66 (worst highway in America), before the explosion in government during the Obama years. The northern Virginia infrastructure is much farther behind population now than it was then
Plan accordingly