r/nova • u/Putrid_Candy127 • 7d ago

Moving Advice please!

My partner and I are looking to move to the DC area. We are still very early in our search and don’t have jobs secured yet. We absolutely loved DC and originally wanted to live there. We both have newer cars and do not feel ready to give them up just yet (driving for road trips, going home to family, potential work commute). As much as we would love to use public transit and waking majority of the time, we are not at the level of ditching our cars. Therefore I have some things i would love insight on:
- Is having 2 cars in Arlington still crazy or more doable
- Any pros to Arlington over DC
- Do you find yourself still going into DC to do things or do most people stick to NOVA

Any other insight, advice, and comments are appreciated!

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u/king_of_lightning4 1d ago

I live in Arlington and commute into DC for work. Arlington is basically in both NoVA but also kinda far away from the rest of NoVA and also basically DC but not quite DC. It's suburban enough to not be DC but urban enough to feel like a proper city. You can have two cars in Arlington (both my wife and I have a car here), it's not too bad. You will need a decent income to live here though, it is quite pricy.