My Hudson Valley Fantasy

[swb212]

Poughkeepsie is a dump and known to be a drug hub. In the New York area, you are looking at SUNY at New Paltz (often compared to Boulder, CO or Burlington, VT) and Bard near Rhinebeck. One other possibility is Skidmore in Saratoga Springs but that's a bit of a hike. Other options take you into Mass., such as Andover and Williams and places like that which are about 3-4 hours from New York.

[Nancy-NJ-NY-ME?]

Count this as a vote for New Paltz. A "bit" further from JFK than you'd like, but is just off of Interstate 87 (NY State Thruway), so it's accessible to NYC as well as Albany and New England.

[ss58yy]

As for Poughkeepsie, If you teach at Marist or Vassar, you wouldn't be downtown or in bad areas, and you would live out in one of the Poughkeepsie suburbs, perhaps to the East (for Vasar) or North (for Marist).

Bard is located in a nice area -- Barrytown/Red Hook, not far from Rhinebeck (where I am).

If you're looking for a smaller town, there's a college in Delhi (Delaware County), and you could really live out in the country, perhaps in Bovina, Andes, DeLancey, etc.

[joe moving]

New Paltz is not that charming though is it? I find it to be a little grungy but I am not sure. I mean it has some interesting places but it is more college townie than cute and charming? I mean the downtown is pretty hussly but mostly college kids looking for cheap food or cheap beer. We do seem to like the feel of the "Rondout" valley.

Into the city a few times a week... that is a lot though. He would either have to drive, or take the bus from the bus stop?

[joe moving]

Bueller?