Any Towns Similar to Montclair NJ in the Hudson River Valley Area? (Scarsdale: college)

[Rajaran]

I was born and raised in NYC, lived there for 40+ years, but have found the space and quiet of "cool" small towns nearby (like Montclair where I've been the past 3 years) to be to my liking. I'm not looking to be surrounded by just rich idiots and would like a place with a nice "walking" downtown, some galleries, culture, active residents, diverse people....etc....that's not too far away. Maybe a college or 2 nearby or in town. The kind of place where people prefer going to town rather than the local mall.....

Any ideas folks?

[rlrl]

Nyack, NY, Piermont, NY, Hastings on Hudson, irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Pelham, I was thinking about Scarsdale or Bxville but those are wealthy places which doesn't sound like youd like those

my cousins lived in Montclair from '72 to '85. from what i recall its kind of like the places i mentioned, maybe a little bigger

[BrightRabbit]

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