Reply #81: Stop it.

[tkmorris]

You are a UNIX admin in Washington DC and you can't get a job outside the city? Please. NOVA is LOADED with jobs for people with that skillset and you know it. For that matter commuting in that area is not only possible, it is done by the majority of workers in the city. Trains run at least as far out as Manassas (I left the area 7 years ago so I dunno where they get to now) and I personally have worked in DC while living in the Leesburg area with only moderate commute problems.

If I still lived in that area I would be looking into some of the still existing out of the way locations in Northern Virginia or Maryland that are older and off the beaten path. The commute might be a tad long but the rewards are worth it. Head out route 50 well past the beltway. Out 66 past Dulles maybe. Somewhere up route 7, Leesburg or just north of it. In Maryland there is a lot out route 4, or south down in Waldorf or La Plata. Fredericksburg even is doable, if you really want to.

I don't mean to give you shit, really I don't, but move out of the damned city. It's cheaper and the scenery is better.