On The Grind: DC Ranked No.1 Most Overworked US City

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13. I hear you, DC area commutes are horrible. Many travel from the expanded suburban

sprawl, aka 'exurbia' that has grown up since the late 80s in several outer NoVa and Md counties and even eastern WV. These areas have become part of the larger Metro area due to the increase in the cost of housing and population growth. Some service people in lawn care, mechanics, etc. live in the lower- cost Shenandoah Mt. region miles away and commute in for a couple hours daily.

15-20 yrs ago I was amazed to learn the commute time of people in other cities and states: Richmond, 20 mins, Pittsburgh, 10-20 mins, Ohio, varied, Balto., 15 mins.

I hope people don't think that most of DC's area population work only in major govt. functions like Congress. There are civil service employees in the federal govt. (after Reagan's axe), many locals that work for non profit organizations (not only lobbyists and think tanks), others in the private sector and also the tech field which has expanded like the MIC esp. since W.