U.S. Cities  

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > New Jersey
Register Blogs Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Welcome to City-Data.com forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with 700,000 other registered members. User profiles and some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your free account you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 15,000 posts/day about local topics and you will see fewer ads.

Get a detailed profile
Search Forums  (Advanced)
Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses
Search for:  near: 
Reply


 
Old 09-06-2007, 02:24 AM
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
29 posts, read 37,687 times
Reputation: 21
Rutherford is on a distinguished road
Default Morristown, Morris township, Morris Plains, Randolph

Hello!

I have been browsing this forum for a while and have found it to be very helpful.
I am a single woman and work from my home, and I don't have any kids.
I currently live in Rutherford, and have a small house that I am selling. I want to move to the Morristown area to get away a little bit from the urban quality of this part of Bergen County. I have been here for 6 years and think it is a great town, but I want to be closer to more parks and bike paths, and open space. Rutherford is wonderfully close to NYC and has a nice small town feel, is fairly safe, and has decent services. I have been looking around NJ for 2 years. I ruled out Sussex county because of the lack of a train line. My work would most likely require me to commute to NYC if my freelance gig ever stops. ( I work in textiles and most jobs are in NYC.)
I narrowed things down to Morris County because parts of it are still somewhat affordable, it is on a commuter line, it has a nice active walkable downtown, library, garden clubs, etc, and is close to open space via bicycle, and is close to friends and social contacts in that area.

I wanted to ask if there are any list members who are familiar with Morris Plains, Morris Township, Randolph,or Morristown itself who can tell me their opinions of these towns. I am looking to spend max about 450,000 for a 3 bedroom house. I have 3 dogs and 2 cats so townhomes won't be good.

Thanks for any input!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 09-06-2007, 06:11 AM
Captain Obvious
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: OH->FL->NJ
1,771 posts, read 1,163,738 times
Reputation: 391
ottomobeale is just really niceottomobeale is just really niceottomobeale is just really niceottomobeale is just really niceottomobeale is just really niceottomobeale is just really niceottomobeale is just really niceottomobeale is just really nice
450K is very doable. I know Morris Plains and Morristown better than the others.

Another close area that is nice is Denville and is even a bit cheaper and has a walkable downtown. Some very nice neighborhoods there.

One place you might want to check out is White Meadow Lakes in Rockaway. It borders on very large woods though I am not sure about use restrictions there. The day I was there looking at a couple houses I noticed the local kids coming out of the woods on what looked like a very well used path at the end of one street. The neighborhood just has a good feel to it.

The whole general area is safe though I am unaware of any area in Morris County that is prone to violent crime.

If you need a realtor I did like the one I used. If you want info just ask. If not, no biggie. I am NOT him. I just liked his No BS tell it like it is style.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-09-2007, 02:50 PM
Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
85 posts, read 65,942 times
Reputation: 37
janny is on a distinguished road
Randolph is very nice--close to the Dover train stop. We lived there before moving out of state. Mendham is also very nice---it borders Randolph.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.



Reply


Quick Reply
Message:

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Similar Threads


Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > New Jersey

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:03 AM.

Copyright © 2005-2009, Advameg, Inc.

City-Data.com - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 - Top