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I don't know about "most", but MANY of us do commute to the city, as evidenced by the numbers of people on the North Jersey Coast Line trains every morning.
I'm hoping to retire one of these days, but the plan when I moved here from Bergen County was to do the soul-sucking commute for just a few years, retire, collect my pension, and work closer to home for a few more years. That last part hasn't happened, although I was involved with a very large project at my current job and haven't looked too hard.
As jaymoney pointed out, those of us with the grinding commutes do it because we get to drive ten minutes and be at the ocean or drive ten minutes the other way and be among horse country and other farms. And of course, the housing prices are lower in Monmouth County than many areas farther north, which was another key driver for me. There are no condos available in Bergen County for what I paid in Monmouth County.
I have two coworkers who live in the Poconos, one who lives in Orange County, NY, and one who lives in Putnam County, NY. They make the long commute for the same reasons I do.
I don't know about "most", but MANY of us do commute to the city, as evidenced by the numbers of people on the North Jersey Coast Line trains every morning.
I'm hoping to retire one of these days, but the plan when I moved here from Bergen County was to do the soul-sucking commute for just a few years, retire, collect my pension, and work closer to home for a few more years. That last part hasn't happened, although I was involved with a very large project at my current job and haven't looked too hard.
As jaymoney pointed out, those of us with the grinding commutes do it because we get to drive ten minutes and be at the ocean or drive ten minutes the other way and be among horse country and other farms. And of course, the housing prices are lower in Monmouth County than many areas farther north, which was another key driver for me. There are no condos available in Bergen County for what I paid in Monmouth County.
I have two coworkers who live in the Poconos, one who lives in Orange County, NY, and one who lives in Putnam County, NY. They make the long commute for the same reasons I do.
But yes, those trains are pretty full.
An amazing form of insanity. I would clean local toilets, possibly with my tongue, before tearing up 180 minutes of my life on a daily basis, forgetting the energy that is not available to me when I finally arrive at home. And there is no ocean blue enough to tempt me into enduring daily torture on this scale.
Funny. I'm willing to bet they'd say the same thing about your choice to live ______________ because of its __________ (proximity to neighbors/price/crowds/lack of beach).
Takes all kinds. Otherwise we'd all be fighting over the one house in the one spot.
An amazing form of insanity. I would clean local toilets, possibly with my tongue, before tearing up 180 minutes of my life on a daily basis, forgetting the energy that is not available to me when I finally arrive at home. And there is no ocean blue enough to tempt me into enduring daily torture on this scale.
I think there's an opening for a job like that in Asbury Park. I'll send them your name.
I live in Marlboro and work in the next town over of Holmdel at a major company with a commute of less than 5 miles. And a lot of employees at my company also live 1-4 towns away. There are major corporate offices in Monmouth County such as Verizon and Nestle in Freehold, AT&T and PNC in Holmdel.
Personally, I'd never give up 2-4 hours of my day to a commute. NYC isn't the only home of decent paying jobs in the tri-state area. I had a friend when I was living in California that was commuting 3 hours one-way for a job, meaning 6 hours total everyday. That's just crazy in my opinion. If I was going to work in NYC, well then I'd LIVE in NYC. Sure the housing costs are much higher, but it would be worth it to me when compared to the permanent loss of your personal time trapped in rush-hour traffic and the commuting costs of living in a different state.
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