I left AWAC Thanksgiving 2007 for my current job which is in the SDF area. The drive to DCA took me anywhere from 70-120 minutes depending on 270 traffic; wasn't bad doing it a couple times a week and I typically bid back-to-back 2/3 day trips with very early shows. GWP was about the easiest part of the trip, but I dunno if there is construction or anything going on there now.
Fred-neck was nice, but still a different world for a midwestern kid like myself; our apartment rent there was more than a hundred a month more than my mortgage.