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NYC workers resorting to long haul commuting as a way to solve housing challenges. They get to live in some of the most bucolic areas in the northeast:
To quote one commuter: "What they get in return is a 3,100-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bath colonial on one rustic acre, for which they paid $375,000 last year. ’It’s true, we are living the American dream, with deer running around in our yard, and bald eagles, too.’”
To quote one commuter: "What they get in return is a 3,100-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bath colonial on one rustic acre, for which they paid $375,000 last year. ’It’s true, we are living the American dream, with deer running around in our yard, and bald eagles, too.’â€
They're still getting jerked.
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Nothing new here. Back in the '90's I did a contract at the NYC BoE in Brooklyn. They had people commuting there from the Poconos.
I always thought the MTA should build a high speed commuter line up into the lower reaches of upstate. They could piggyback on the (what I'm sure are underutilized) Amtrack line going up the east side of the Hudson. There's a lot of farmland up there that could be turned into very nice suburbs.
Nothing new here. Back in the '90's I did a contract at the NYC BoE in Brooklyn. They had people commuting there from the Poconos.
I always thought the MTA should build a high speed commuter line up into the lower reaches of upstate. They could piggyback on the (what I'm sure are underutilized) Amtrack line going up the east side of the Hudson. There's a lot of farmland up there that could be turned into very nice suburbs.
Or exyend the NJT to scranton, which was once being thoroughly considered.
Far as Scranton goes don't think that will happen for several reasons.
First as noted in last link the train would take *longer* to reach Hoboken than by driving, so that takes a lot off the table.
Second people in that part of PA have watched and seen what has happened to the Poconos area with influx of "commuters" from NY, and are keen not to see that illness spread any further.
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