Possible Move to D.C.

Agree with danielcooper9 that boating on the bay is much nicer than the Potomac. The bay can get brown and silty, but the Potomac is worse. It's almost always very brown and silty. But, you don't need to be in MD to be on the bay. The lower 40-45% of the Chesapeake is in VA.

edit: Oops, I just remembered you're transferring to the DC area. In that case, you need to live in MD if on or near the bay.
 
Screw the taxes, DC area has the 2nd worst traffic in America.
If you're going to boat in the Chesapeake live east of the beltway. Fighting the beltway especially on Friday's and Sunday's are nothing short of a nightmare.
 
ANother reason to stay away from Maryland.

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Wiretap laws are drawing scrutiny in the age of YouTube as the case of a Maryland motorcyclist, who was arrested for recording and posting online a traffic stop, raises questions about whether citizens have the right to record their own encounters with police.

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I would much rather boat in the bay. I have looked at areas of VA and MD. I am leaning towards Maryland. Just based on the few trips I have had out there already the traffic seems to clog worse than it does in CA. Traffic being what it is, being closer to the bay would be a lot more preferable than saving a few bucks a month in taxes. Of course it is providing that I can come to agreement with my employer to move. I will find out on the 7th. If it goes my way I will spend a week in the D.C. area and a week here in CA until December. Then move permanently to the D.C. area. This is the point of negotiations that we are stuck on.

I have a little longer to decide about where to keep the boat as I have not boat it yet. We are still searching and hope to have something by early spring. We were shooting for the end of boating season but with everything going on right now have decided to postpone it a bit.

Thank you to everyone that has replied. Your responses have been very insightful.
 
I vote for the Bay also. Daniel is right on about Serverna Park, also if your interested in leasing a house in that area, let me know.
 
bradt - That seems a bit out of the way and we are looking for something low/no maintenance. But I am willing to look at just about anything and everything right now. PM me the details and I will take a look at it.
 
Well, I have no idea what your budget is for housing but you could easily be in the Annapolis area and still be within reach of all your business locations. Keep in mind that traffic sucks anywhere around D.C. just about anytime of the day so give up on trying to find a location without traffic concerns. The only other option is to find a Metro station you can use. You can get to anywhere in D.C to Tysons Corner by Metro then drive to Largo, Silver Spring and Baltimore when necessary.
 
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Va doesnt tax any of the military retirement from what I remember....

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I wish! A lot of military retire and go to NC for the reason you mention. If I ever get to hang up my spurs, that is what I am doing.
 
Portsmouth has no boat tax. I believe it's $20 per year for registration. I don't know about Hampton.

Regardless of where you go, get near the metro.

You have a PM.
 
A couple folks mentioned the "Metro". When I moved here a ways back, I asked "The what"?. Aound here, the "metro" refers to the metrorail, which is the subway. In some outer areas, the subway isn't sub...it's surface. The buses are "matrobuses", which people call "metrobus" or "the bus"....but if they just say "Metro", it means the subway system.

Yes, traffic sucks everywhere around here. No escape. Some from SoCal say it's worse here than in LA area.

Good luck.
 
David, I thought VA stopped taxing Military retirements back inthe 80's when the Judge said they had to because they werent taxing state retirees. Did that change while I was away?
 
Thanks to everyone for all of the great information. I am supposed to find out July 7th. While VA seems to be better from a tax standpoint, MD looks better from the boating standpoint. Once I know for sure I will be asking a ton more questions I am sure.
 
Well I found out late yesterday I will indeed be moving to the D.C. area. I am not moving until March but I will be commuting on an every other week basis until then. Hopefully that will give me plenty of time to scope out the area. I will not have to work in Tysons and Baltimore is only in the programming stage. My two prominent projects will be in Gaithersburg and Largo with the main office being in Silver Spring.

Let the planning begin.
 
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David, I thought VA stopped taxing Military retirements back inthe 80's when the Judge said they had to because they werent taxing state retirees. Did that change while I was away?

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It did....Then guess what happened!
 
I live on the water in Annapolis, with a one hour nice commuter express bus to D.C. It's a no brainer.
 
A thought - I researched teh same question about 1.5 years ago... DC has only 3 marinas that accepts liveaboards and all have long waiting lists. Others are located on National Park Service lands are are VERY styrict about no liveaboards. The Potomac is completely "No discharge" in DC and you may also have to do plumbing work on the boat to be in compliance. there are few marinas in MD that accept live aboards (Ft Washington is one). The problem is they tend to be a long way from downtown.

Like others, I suggest you consider the Annapolis area (good transport into DC), or even south of Annapolis - I was considering Herrington Harbor for a consulting position in PG county - the job didn't materialize, but the commute wouldn't have been too bad - about 35 minutes drive.

Jim
 
Chris - Do you live aboard or do you live in a house/condo in Annapolis? I would be willing to live on the east coast of MD if I could get a slip with the condo. Really don't want anything as big as a house. It is just the me, the wife and soon an 8-10lb Maltipoo. We have narrowed our boat selection down to one of two boats models so at least I know what size slip I am eventually looking for. Which brings up another question. What do you all do with your boats in the winter. Here, even in Northern California, we can boat comfortably about 9-10 months a year. The other couple of months it just rains to much to make it worth the trouble.
 
In winter you can either leave your boat in the slip (if the marina is so equipped and allows it) with bubblers to prevent ice damage to the hull, or have it hauled and stored on land. You can boat comfortably but with the appropriate clothing from mid-March to mid-November. In fact, a neighbor was water skiing on our creek last Thanksgiving day... wearing a wetsuit.
 
That is good to know. I try to get out 2-3 weekends a month and if the season is only 6 months long that would not be great to me. I just remember last winter seeing all the snow and covered slip roofs collapsing and such.
 
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