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I work in Manhattan and live in Red Bank. We are selling our home to move out of state for a work opportunity. Realtors have told us that we could expect people from NYC (Brooklyn) or areas like Hoboken or JC to be potential buyers of our home since we are walkable to downtown Red Bank.
Thus far I haven’t seen that. And having worked in Manhattan for many years I don’t really recall hearing anyone talk about moving from Brooklyn to Red Bank. The people I know that have moved to Monmouth County tend to go to places like Holmdel, Middletown, Hazlet etc. I don’t get why people would move from a walkable NYC neighborhood to smaller version of the same thing in NJ. Don’t people move for move land and open spaces?
My question is do you know of people who have moved from a walkable NYC neighborhood to one with a longer commute in NJ? Red Bank or even Westfield, Freehold or Summit for example.
Red Bank is a bit of a leap, but we moved to Cranford because it's walkable and we don't need more than one car for the house. We like still being able to walk to the movie theatre or go down the street for dinner. Walking into the center of town for ice cream on a summer night and have the kids just run around with a bunch of other kids around the clock in town is great, as is the local coffee shop where they recognize you.
It's more about a lot of the same things you get in New York but without the insane issues with schools or how rent kept going up. We couldn't afford to buy our apartment in Manhattan but we can certainly afford to buy further out. But walkable is certainly a huge part of why we're here, our kid can walk home from school and then go into town with friends without us having to drive them around everywhere.
the problem with red bank is that you lack the good schools for the kids. my brother moved from hoboken to fair haven. its not likely that he or someone like him is going to actually move into red bank. im sure there are some that will but its not the standard move out from nyc/hoboken out to central nj.
i dont think they are really walking anywhere even in fair haven anyway. i tried to get him to move to holmdel, i still think he may. he cant stay where he is for too long. too small of a house.
A lot of people leaving NYC want walkable towns. Some coworkers of mine moved to NJ because they could get two or three bedrooms and a decent school for what a studio costs in the city, and didn't really want a big yard to maintain or to have to drive everywhere.
I think there are a few walkable towns in Central Jersey that are on ex-NYCers' lists, but I'm not sure Red Bank is really one of them. It's pretty darn far from the city if one needs to commute every day. There are other options closer.
I think Red Bank is a little further out than most of the people that had been living in the city are looking to be. That's a 80 minute train ride when most people would be looking for a 30-40 minute train ride. That long of a train ride makes it a whole different market.
People coming from the city want a certain amount of density in the center of a town. Where they can conceivably park and walk from place to place. I'm not sure how important it is to be actually able to easily walk to that town center, being a few minutes drive seems to work from what I can tell.
I would think people from Manhattan would be more likely move to Redbank than someone from Hoboken. People without kids that plan to have one soon who thinks that schools really do not matter right now
I work in Manhattan and live in Red Bank. We are selling our home to move out of state for a work opportunity. Realtors have told us that we could expect people from NYC (Brooklyn) or areas like Hoboken or JC to be potential buyers of our home since we are walkable to downtown Red Bank.
Thus far I haven’t seen that. And having worked in Manhattan for many years I don’t really recall hearing anyone talk about moving from Brooklyn to Red Bank. The people I know that have moved to Monmouth County tend to go to places like Holmdel, Middletown, Hazlet etc. I don’t get why people would move from a walkable NYC neighborhood to smaller version of the same thing in NJ. Don’t people move for move land and open spaces?
My question is do you know of people who have moved from a walkable NYC neighborhood to one with a longer commute in NJ? Red Bank or even Westfield, Freehold or Summit for example.
Yes, to Summit,Millburn/Short Hills and to Chatham. One couple from Brooklyn but two different couples from Manhattan.
Do NYC’ers really move to Central NJ’s walkable towns, or do they go straight to the burbs?
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I work in Manhattan and live in Red Bank. We are selling our home to move out of state for a work opportunity. Realtors have told us that we could expect people from NYC (Brooklyn) or areas like Hoboken or JC to be potential buyers of our home since we are walkable to downtown Red Bank.
Thus far I haven’t seen that. And having worked in Manhattan for many years I don’t really recall hearing anyone talk about moving from Brooklyn to Red Bank. The people I know that have moved to Monmouth County tend to go to places like Holmdel, Middletown, Hazlet etc. I don’t get why people would move from a walkable NYC neighborhood to smaller version of the same thing in NJ. Don’t people move for move land and open spaces?
My question is do you know of people who have moved from a walkable NYC neighborhood to one with a longer commute in NJ? Red Bank or even Westfield, Freehold or Summit for example.
I am kind of surprised that you and one or two other people mentioned walkability as such an important factor. Don't get me wrong, I think walkability and having a nice little local downtown is nice but I think there are more important factors when moving to the suburbs for most people.
For instance:
- how good the school district is
- size, age and cost of the house
- safety of the community
- train station and service
- how long it will take to get to work
There are of course other factors, some people want good road access, some people want to be near the shore or at least a lot of parks, others want more quiet areas.
This last thing is something that more experienced suburbanites learn. People coming out from the city for the first time think that all the suburbs are equally quiet for instance, but the reality is quite different. Experienced suburbanites learn that some areas are very noisy. In other areas, the local roads are clogged all day because they are inadequate for the traffic. There is great variation from one suburban area to another.
So don't get me wrong, I like a walkable downtown, which often goes in hand with a train station, but I think there are more important priorities as well.
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Do NYC’ers really move to Central NJ’s walkable towns, or do they go straight to the burbs?
