Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
Having lived in both Indy and Washington metro as a regional airline FO...Indy has a MUCH lower cost of living. Even in Frederick MD where I lived 8 years ago, 1200sq ft townhomes were $300k. Today in Indy, you can get a nice home in a desirable suburb that is 1/4 to 1/3 less than that.
There are very good public schools in the Indianapolis area; Fishers, Carmel, Noblesville, Brownsburg and Avon are all popular suburbs going from northeast around to west, respectively.
Indy is much better than the DC-Metro region. The traffic in the DC-Metro region is abysmal. It is one thing if you fly in/out of the Frederick County(Maryland) Airport, or the Montgomery County(Maryland) Airpark. Because, They are not on major roads. But if a Captain flies out of Washington-Reagan National, Dulles International, or Thurgood Marshall/Baltimore-Washington International. They are tremendous headaches to get to by car. That is just the traffic. Schools depend on each county. Prince Georges County(Maryland) is awful. Montgomery County(Maryland) is 50/50. Arlington, Fairfax, and Fauqier Counties(Virginia). Are pretty good. But the cost-of-living is high. So, It is a balance.