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We are currently living in Fort Lee, NJ and are thinking to move to a better school district for our 4 years old girl. Both of us are working in mid town Manhattan so easy commute to the city is a must for us.
We have considered Ridgewood and Tenafly in NJ but seems like public transporatations will take min 75-90 mins. We have also looked at Great Neck, LI and really like its proximity to the city. However, the price tag and choices of the houses in GN really make us cringe.
We understand all of these places have high property tax. It seems like NJ gives you more bank for the buck but longer commute to the city.
Have I missed anything or what are you suggestions/comments?
Having lived on long island most of my life and now living in NJ, I'm quite familiar with both. Taxes in Nassau county are outrageous and only getting worse with their current budget crisis, especially in the desirable school districts. NJ is obviously not without it's issues, but you will get more bang for your buck. Towns that are comparable to great neck would be millburn and summit. Similiar commutes and excellent schools with almost the same level of snobbery.
We are facing the similar issue as yours. will like to share our experiences.
We have been looking for houses in Great Neck, Scarsdale, and now moving our target to RW.
I think that both have excellent public schools.
Property tax in Great Neck is little lower (for a $700k house, you pay about $1300 tax in Great Neck). But houses there are much more older, need lots of work.
LIRR takes about 30-40 minutes to Penn station, but you also need to add time getting to the train station. Parking in train station is hard, as I know. Unless you find a house within walking distance to the train station.
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We are currently living in Fort Lee, NJ and are thinking to move to a better school district for our 4 years old girl. Both of us are working in mid town Manhattan so easy commute to the city is a must for us.
We have considered Ridgewood and Tenafly in NJ but seems like public transporatations will take min 75-90 mins. We have also looked at Great Neck, LI and really like its proximity to the city. However, the price tag and choices of the houses in GN really make us cringe.
We understand all of these places have high property tax. It seems like NJ gives you more bank for the buck but longer commute to the city.
Have I missed anything or what are you suggestions/comments?
We are currently living in Fort Lee, NJ and are thinking to move to a better school district for our 4 years old girl. Both of us are working in mid town Manhattan so easy commute to the city is a must for us.
We have considered Ridgewood and Tenafly in NJ but seems like public transporatations will take min 75-90 mins. We have also looked at Great Neck, LI and really like its proximity to the city. However, the price tag and choices of the houses in GN really make us cringe.
We understand all of these places have high property tax. It seems like NJ gives you more bank for the buck but longer commute to the city.
Have I missed anything or what are you suggestions/comments?
Ridgewood is not 90 minutes to midtown. More like 60 minutes, 75 is the very high end depending on what time and where in midtown. It is as short as 45.
Is the long island any any worse than the jersey accent? Seems that jersey takes much more abuse in the media than LI, accents included.
The Jersey accent so abused in the media was confined to a small area of the state, and pretty much no longer exists. If you want to hear it, you've got to go down to Florida where all the Jersey people retired to :-).
What exactly is "the Jersey accent" though? The way I see it the state is split in two: the "North Jersey accent" which is pretty much the same as NYC, except I've noticed it tends to be rhotic (meaning you pronounce the R's) whereas NYers don't pronounce the R's. Then there is South Jersey, which is the same as Philadelphia in all regards. I suppose the "Jersey accent" people stereotype in the media is the northern variety that you hear on Jersey Shore, Real Housewives, etc.
Of course, there is a third group - people who speak with no discernible accent at all.
Edit: Wiki seems to confirm two of the things I said: first, that there is no single Jersey accent, and second, the rhotic nature of the North Jersey accent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_English
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