CriminalxMinds @ LJ

I'm in the DC Metro area, and I can tell you it is more likely that the team could be on their private jet and be in the air in 30 minutes (Quantico is a Marine Base and I think the FBI Academy and other offices, including the BAU (BSU) are actually on the base -- and I think the above explanation that there is a small airport on the base makes the most sense - don't know if that is accurate, but I can suspend disbelief) - the more impossible scenario is that they act like they can get to Downtown DC or anywhere with a metro in 20 minutes, regardless of the time of day -- that is flat out impossible unless they have an actual matter transporter. Quantico is about 40 miles south of DC on one of the busiest highways in America -- and no one who had a choice would live in Silver Spring (MD) and work at Quantico, which somebody on the team did for at least one season. They do a good job of getting names of places (Arlington and Fairfax - although not always the "feel" of the place named, but they really don't pay any attention to the actual geography.