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Town of Poughkeepsie, Fishkill or even Cold Spring makes sense. White Plains is too far.
Croton is on the same train line (Hudson) as Poughkeepsie, so that train commute would be much better. Croton-Harmon is a major station on the Hudson Line, but the commute still takes 59 minutes. You would like the Town of Poughkeepsie, just south of the City of Poughkeepsie. Miles of stores and restaurants along US 9. Good housing values too.
If you want suburban, but proximity to NYC and Poughkeepsie, I would not look at White Plains. White Plains is an edge city, in that it has a downtown core and then some areas that are suburban. To be near the action, you would not be in suburbia, but a smaller city, so since you'd need to commute to restaurants and such anyway, I'd say that it would be beneficial to look someplace say in East Fishkill, perhaps Hopewell Junction. That's a nice area that's an NYC-exurb, but suburban for Poughkeepsie. You would be downtown in twenty minutes, but the area is very nice. It's a smaller area, however, and might not be as exciting.
Another area to consider if you want more of a suburban downtown setting is Mount Kisco. You would be around an hour, against traffic, to Pougkeepsie, but you would have a good mix of a downtown with shops/restaurants/apartments, and suburban townhouses and houses. You would also be close to nature preserves and such in surrounding areas of Bedford, Yorktown, and eastern Connecticut. White Plains is about 20 minutes away, and you can take the train to Manhattan in about an hour from Mount Kisco. Unfortunately, this is the Harlem Line, so you could not take it all the way to Poughkeepsie. However, you could live in Mount Kisco, and drive to Croton-Harmon station in about 20 minutes and then take the train from there. While it would still take an hour on the train, it might not be as difficult as driving 50 miles each way.
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Living in towns along the Hudson river makes most sense. Since its a train commute, you can start looking from Dobbs Ferry up, to Tarrytown, Peekskill, Fishkill, etc. Same train will take you down to Grand Central in Manhattan. In Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, there is not much of an urban scene. Manhattan is your best option in less then an hour by train.
Little cute local towns and villages with a center are Mount Kisco, Armonk, Chappaqua and Katonah, but unfortunately, none are on the Hudson train line.
Living in towns along the Hudson river makes most sense. Since its a train commute, you can start looking from Dobbs Ferry up, to Tarrytown, Peekskill, Fishkill, etc. Same train will take you down to Grand Central in Manhattan. In Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, there is not much of an urban scene. Manhattan is your best option in less then an hour by train.
Little cute local towns and villages with a center are Mount Kisco, Armonk, Chappaqua and Katonah, but unfortunately, none are on the Hudson train line.
Tarrytown has a nice little downtown stretch that would be driveable to White Plains as well as somewhat commutable to Poughkeepsie, although it is a long ride- around 70 minutes.
If you want something close, Peekskill has an artsy downtown also on the same line as Poughkeepsie, and is much closer- about 45 minutes by train. I have heard both good and bad things about Peekskill though...
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