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Hi everyone! My wife and I currently live in Hoboken, previously we lived on the Upper West Side. We're gradually moving to the suburbs to ultimately buy a home with a garage and a backyard. We don't have kids yet but will be very soon. We are a professional couple in our mid 30's. We like great restaurants, great shopping and easy access to movie theaters. We have been looking around and have found a couple places we thought were nice. One was Montclair, NJ and the other was Greenwich, CT. We were hoping to get some advice from you guys on some other places we might look. Places that have similar things to offer and similar feels as these two. We have done some google searches and read forums before, we looked at Rye, Mamaroneck, Larchmont and a few other places in the Westchester area. The forums we read said that these were great towns and I'm sure they are but they were a little small and sleepy for us. We both work in the city during the week so when the weekend comes around we would like to live in a place where there is a lot to do without having to leave our town. We are open to suggestions that are within an hour commute of the city. Thanks in advance for your help.
Morristown, Morris Township, Mendham, Chester in NJ. You'll need a good income to afford a nice property. About an hour to Penn Station. Plenty of restaurants, cultural venues and near to the very upscale Mall at Short Hills.
You gotta be careful with cool trendy neighborhoods because what happens when someone else tells you the neighborhood isn't cool and trendy anymore? You don't want to be moving every few years. But if I were you I'd check out the piano district.
You gotta be careful with cool trendy neighborhoods because what happens when someone else tells you the neighborhood isn't cool and trendy anymore? You don't want to be moving every few years. But if I were you I'd check out the piano district.
But OP wants a lawn and garage. I could be wrong but I think that the Piano District is mostly ultra high end luxury condominiums.
Generally speaking, the concept of a cool trendy suburb is an oxymoron. People move to the 'burbs when they've decided to give up coolness and trendiest for space (and, yes, usually kids are involved.)
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