We visit relatives in the Chesapeake Bay area near Hampton,VA area. We go way out of our way when we leave there to go up north to visit my dad near Harrisburg, PA. We do this to avoid the DC area.
Many of the locals there do the same thing ! Everyone says stay off the Beltway.

I hate to go out of our way! Sure would like to find a good route north that stays away from the horrible traffic.

Everything there seems more expensive than it is in Indiana and Ohio.