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West NY & Bayonne have their own crime issues. If you have kids, Bergen County & Middlesex County, NJ are very good areas. What's wrong with NYC?
Nothing that I know of, I heard that price wise it is higher than NJ, but NJ tax is higher. Which one has higher rent? I started this thread asking what neighborhoods in NYC area are good for middle class families, I would like to hear about any nice areas in the whole metro area. Since I am not from the area I am like a sponge ready to soak up info about the area from people who live there, good or bad. Has anyone attended rutgers? I belive I would get a lower tuition rate for living in Jersey, is that true?
Does anyone have info on West New York or Bayonne? I heard someone say Bayonne was a nice neighborhood but is a tight community that is not quick to open up to outsiders, is this true?
Who told you Bayonne was a nice area? I wouldn't say so. Tight knit community I would agree with.
I read that in a different thread, what is wrong with it? Dirty, crime, bad schools?
It's very industrial with a lot of run-down sections with older houses. I don't know about crime so much, but what I've seen of it was pretty ugly. People like the area near 10th St or so, but I haven't seen anything that impressed me all that much. Some parts of each NYC borough are so beautiful they'll almost take your breath away and I have not experienced anything close to that in Bayonne. I guess I'm just not impressed by urban NJ other than Hoboken and limited parts of JC. Newark, Trenton, New Brunswick, Elizabeth, AC and Camden just don't appeal to me aesthetically. I also have heard that Bayonne is insular and unwelcoming, which it seemed to me when I was there. I have experience with places in Boston and NY that are on a peninsula like that, and they tend to be isolated and self-contained, and therefore not all that welcomng of outsiders.
I don't believe the schools are that great but probably not as bad as some other places like Jersey City.
I was curious about this and it seems that Massapequa is an hour or so on the train while Smithtown is more like 90 minutes. Smithtown's about 21 miles away from Massapequa. Either way, unless you are working right near Penn Station (as in at MSG), it's too far for my blood. I'd rather deal with the subways than have one train every 30-60 minutes and then spend an hour plus on it.
Massapequa isn't far from the city. I believe it takes about 35-40 minutes to midtown by the Long Island railroad. I commuted from Smithtown (like 15 miles northeast of Massapequa) by way of the LIRR and it took me about 2 hours into midtown. I would rather have that commute than need like 3 transfers among buses/subways anywhere in NYC. On the LIRR you just sleep the whole way in and mostly don't have to worry about transferring.
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The good thing about the subway is that it's more reliable than the LIRR. But then again, you don't get to relax and sleep on the subway like you can on the LIRR. At least that's true for me.
Can anyone help me with info regarding best cities in New York for middle class people. I have a 20 year old son who has Aspergers. We normally live in a nice environment in a low income housing here im Calif. Any suggestiins? My son Nigel would be so very much appreciated for all/ any info.
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Can anyone help me with info regarding best cities in New York for middle class people. I have a 20 year old son who has Aspergers. We normally live in a nice environment in a low income housing here im Calif. Any suggestiins? My son Nigel would be so very much appreciated for all/ any info.
Chris
I wouldn't live in NYC with a son with that condition unless you intend to watch over him which means you need to live in some expensive condo in the NYC. Good luck with that.
NYC is not the land of equal opportunity just remember that.
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