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It’s a third rate city with delusions of adequacy overfilled with dishonest scum from all over the world, and we haven’t even started talking about government yet. Avoid at all costs unless forced here by your job, otherwise look forward to the day this open sore is scoured from the earth.
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I'm one of the rare folks that was actually born in DC. I'll be moving down south at some point in my life because dammit I need some space. The one big saving grace of living here is watching the value of my house shoot up like a rocket over the years.
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Dec 2, 2019 21:09
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What was true then is true now: “Of all the detestable places, Washington is first. Crowd, heat, bad quarters, bad fair [fare], bad smells, mosquitos, and a plague of flies transcending everything within my experience... Beelzebub surely reigns here, and Willard's Hotel is his temple.” Ok, so the focal point may have shifted.
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Dec 2, 2019 22:25
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REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS posted:What was true then is true now: “Of all the detestable places, Washington is first. Crowd, heat, bad quarters, bad fair [fare], bad smells, mosquitos, and a plague of flies transcending everything within my experience... Beelzebub surely reigns here, and Willard's Hotel is his temple.” The whole "DC is a swamp" stereotype is overplayed. Parts of DC are indeed lower elevation than areas surrounding but the whole of DC, and the MD-VA suburbs are not a swamp. With that said I am also planning to leave the area once I make some progress in my gov career. Hoping to make a jump to Hawaii or Japan on the gov dime one last time before settling on a quieter place.
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Dec 2, 2019 22:39
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I’m from DC and am starting to miss it now that I’ve been gone over a decade. Traffic is terrible but having usable public transportation is pretty great. Having to drive literally everywhere is the worst. I miss the amount of stuff there is to do and see too. I live in a pretty small town and it sucks having to drive multiple hours to see a lot of things. I could never afford to live there though. I think the average rent is more than what I make in a month, so yeah. My line of work doesn’t have much stuff in DC anyway.
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Dec 2, 2019 23:15
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I have a friend about to intentionally relocate from New Jersey to D.C., dropping remote work in the process, and not even for a different job Though I am sure New Jersey jokes are sufficient to make that a toss-up (and she is a 15 so that part is not an impediment)
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Dec 3, 2019 01:22
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Dr. Quarex posted:I have a friend about to intentionally relocate from New Jersey to D.C., dropping remote work in the process, and not even for a different job Tbh a 15 can afford a nice 1BR apt and have plenty left over. Buying a house though, she will either have to marry someone making same or move way out, aka traffic.
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Dec 3, 2019 02:36
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DC is great, and if you hate it, it's probably because you're a miserable idiot who won't be happy anywhere and/or you live in some terrible suburb.
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Dec 3, 2019 03:05
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Endless Mike posted:DC is great, and if you hate it, it's probably because you're a miserable idiot who won't be happy anywhere and/or you live in some terrible suburb. Eh, the DC I grew up, wilded out and came of age in got gentrified out... The days of jamming out at Unifest, Stone Soul Picnic, Minnesota Ave Day and Georgia Ave day are long gone.[/boomer mode]
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Dec 3, 2019 06:39
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Beerdeer posted:USCIS just posted an appeals officer job. That's like my ideal post but I'm not sure about moving to DC for a GS 13. Why do you say that? I accepted a GS12 in DC with an engineering PhD and more than 5 years experience and military service. When they offered they told me there was no negotiation and they were offering the maximum that they were able to.
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Dec 3, 2019 09:19
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IratelyBlank posted:Why do you say that? I accepted a GS12 in DC with an engineering PhD and more than 5 years experience and military service. When they offered they told me there was no negotiation and they were offering the maximum that they were able to. Because DC is mega expensive, and I'm a single dad with two teenage girls. I think I'd have to make at least GS14 money to keep my head above water.
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Dec 3, 2019 18:21
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One of my old co-workers got a GS 13 in DC and moved to that little tip of West Virginia closest to DC. Sometimes I wonder if that worked out, but not enough to try and contact him.
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Dec 3, 2019 20:18
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IratelyBlank posted:Why do you say that? I accepted a GS12 in DC with an engineering PhD and more than 5 years experience and military service. When they offered they told me there was no negotiation and they were offering the maximum that they were able to. drat dude, that sucks how they don't give you anything to work with. GS12 isn't bad but nowhere near what you deserve. Then again I see PhDs accepting GS9 jobs. Gov is whack.
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Dec 3, 2019 20:41
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Midjack posted:It’s a third rate city with delusions of adequacy overfilled with dishonest scum from all over the world, and we haven’t even started talking about government yet. Did your fanny pack get pick-pocketed on the metro or something?
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Dec 3, 2019 22:23
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sullat posted:One of my old co-workers got a GS 13 in DC and moved to that little tip of West Virginia closest to DC. Sometimes I wonder if that worked out, but not enough to try and contact him. I had a coworker who lived out there and took the train in and out every day from Harpers Ferry. It worked for her, I guess? But it’s a lot of train time (90 minutes each way) and limits your schedule pretty severely.
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Dec 4, 2019 01:54
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Kalman posted:I had a coworker who lived out there and took the train in and out every day from Harpers Ferry. It worked for her, I guess? But it’s a lot of train time (90 minutes each way) and limits your schedule pretty severely. I knew a guy who worked in Dahlgren, VA and his wife worked in downtown DC. They lived in La Plata, MD. He considered it a good deal because they were "splitting the commute in half."
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Dec 4, 2019 06:59
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Howard Phillips posted:I knew a guy who worked in Dahlgren, VA and his wife worked in downtown DC. They lived in La Plata, MD. He considered it a good deal because they were "splitting the commute in half." La Plata to Dahlgren isn't a bad commute other than that bridge. Of course I have a one way hour long commute so anything's better than that. Honestly I'll probably move to King George and take a job in Dahlgren once contracts dry up here.
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Dec 4, 2019 07:04
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PneumonicBook posted:La Plata to Dahlgren isn't a bad commute other than that bridge. Of course I have a one way hour long commute so anything's better than that. Exactly my thought after I get a few years experience in DC. Fredericksburg looks decent to me. Or if I can get a job near Richmond, I would be okay with that too. It is nice that Dahlgren receives DC locality pay.
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Dec 4, 2019 20:20
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCx0XmRwPUA Dude commutes over 3hrs each way to DC. I call BS on this. Producers must've exaggerated the story for the clickbait.
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Dec 6, 2019 05:03
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Howard Phillips posted:Exactly my thought after I get a few years experience in DC. Fredericksburg looks decent to me. Or if I can get a job near Richmond, I would be okay with that too. It is nice that Dahlgren receives DC locality pay. I expect my plan to fall through spectacularly. It depends where the frigate contract goes, so at least I'll be able to start planning sometime this FY when they award it. Fred Vegas used to be pretty nice but it's kind of exploded in the last decade and traffic is rough. Commute to Dahlgren is 35+ depending on what side of Fredericksburg you live in. Housings more expensive than King George as well but you have actual stores near you and you're not in the middle of methland. PneumonicBook fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Dec 6, 2019 |
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Dec 6, 2019 05:07
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I had a commute that length twice a week while working at USCIS in the basically-Canada part of Vermont and living in Massachusetts. I am pretty sure five days a week would have driven me insane. Speaking of insane, I remember perusing USCIS' internal documents for building their new agency headquarters, and there were a handful of people commuting in every day from Pennsylvania. And not, like, "just over the border" Pennsylvania, like 2-3 hours away Pennsylvania. I mean, hey, I bet you could afford a house that way at least
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Dec 6, 2019 05:18
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Howard Phillips posted:Dude commutes over 3hrs each way to DC. I call BS on this. Producers must've exaggerated the story for the clickbait. I believe that happens, but wow, toward the end it says he's been doing this since '02 and that is just  He must also telework or something
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Dec 6, 2019 13:47
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Dr. Quarex posted:I mean, hey, I bet you could afford a house that way at least House or sanity, pick one. To be fair it’s pretty fun to be paying for a house and never be there.
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Dec 6, 2019 15:11
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PneumonicBook posted:I expect my plan to fall through spectacularly. It depends where the frigate contract goes, so at least I'll be able to start planning sometime this FY when they award it. I lived in Fredericksburg and commuted to DC for 5 years along with my spouse. We took the VRE, and it was pretty consistently 90 minutes to L'Enfant station. Some of my friends worked in Dahlgren, and it was 30-45 minutes drive since the roads outaide FXBG are mostly two lanes. The one thing I hated living in Fredericksburg was the drive to any airport or driving up to DC to see friends on the weekends since the HOT lanes were always open in the opposite direction. If you have a job with some telework it makes living out there much more bearable, but I got tired of living far from everything I like to go to.
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I don't get that guy's commute. Drive to slug to metro to office? Every time you change mode of transportation you're wasting time. Just drive to the VRE (won't shorten trip but at least you can sleep or work or whatever) or figure out a parking situation and drive the whole way. Richmond to DC is a < 2 hour drive and if you're leaving at 4AM there's no traffic. I also work with a guy who lives in the middle of Pennsylvania. We travel or telework a fair amount, but he still has to be in DC a lot. Apparently he just gets a cheap Airbnb most weeks and just goes home on the weekend.
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Dec 6, 2019 17:32
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Even if these guys are SES, that's still poo poo money for this terrible lifestyle.
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To go through all that, he either has telework or is on an alternate work schedule like maxiflex or IFP hours. That is the only way I see his commute working because we all know how hosed I-95 and the Metro can get and this guy has to deal with both in order to get to work.
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Dec 7, 2019 05:40
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I hope everyone enjoyed their open season. See you next year or qualifying event!
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Ok I used to think that nuclear reactors generated more paperwork than anything else in the world, but holy poo poo these Air Force people are giving me second thoughts.
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I am a dental hygienist, age 27. I've been a hygienist for a whole year and cannot get any work. The most I can get is one day temp jobs that only show up a few times a month. I've recently in the last few months applied as a hygienist at every airforce base in the western US. Its my last real effort to try and get some drat employment before I give up on being a hygienist. I cannot afford any further education and I dont want further education. It took 5 years and near 100k for me just to get through college and the hygiene program. SO in the meantime while i wait I am going to be researching government jobs.
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Dec 10, 2019 20:37
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Have you checked out the BOP they are generally very short handed for any type of medical profession.
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Dec 11, 2019 00:51
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Veteran's Affairs department is a good place to look. They always need case workers and such. VA is also a large department with presence all over the country. Helps a lot if you are a veteran but not a barrier if you're not one.
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Rakeris posted:Have you checked out the BOP they are generally very short handed for any type of medical profession. Plus you get LEO retirement.
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Dec 12, 2019 03:36
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12 weeks of paid parental leave just passed house  In exchange for creating "space force" lol
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Dec 12, 2019 14:58
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Thesaurus posted:12 weeks of paid parental leave just passed house Will they get 12 weeks off in spaaaaaaace?
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Dec 12, 2019 15:02
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Space Force is dumb as hell as should remain the purview of Air Force. But, hey, I guess that means more jobs?
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Josh Lyman posted:Space Force is dumb as hell as should remain the purview of Air Force. But, hey, I guess that means more jobs? Space Force will be under the Secretary of the Air Force. The law also prohibits the Air Force from creating additional positions to man the Space Force. All the personnel for the new service will come from the Air Force. The exception is of course the HQ personnel, new secretaries, SES, and GS15s created. Self licking ice cream working as designed 
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Thesaurus posted:12 weeks of paid parental leave just passed house Anybody have a sense of how soon that policy would take effect? My wife is due 6/28/20
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I think that’s too early, NDAA says it’s effective after 10-1-2020
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Tell her to hold it. For Uncle Sam!
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