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Old 02-07-2023, 10:17 PM
 
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South NJ near PA is not so bad. Actually even affordable if I may say so. The biggest problem is the tax. It's also pretty high near Philly but less so. MA is definitely more expensive than NJ.
South Jersey you get more bang for your buck than North Jersey, but the taxes there are sometimes even more egregious than North Jersey. There is also a ~20% cost of living adjustment between the two parts of the state.

As someone has lived in both NJ and MA, prices are comparable. The size of the pie is the same, but split up differently with the taxes.
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Old 02-07-2023, 11:37 PM
 
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BTW Boston has become more expensive than major cities in California.
Eventually only New York surpasses Boston...

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/18/us-c...s-in-2023.html
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Old 02-08-2023, 09:12 AM
 
Location: Western MA
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South Jersey you get more bang for your buck than North Jersey, but the taxes there are sometimes even more egregious than North Jersey. There is also a ~20% cost of living adjustment between the two parts of the state.

As someone has lived in both NJ and MA, prices are comparable. The size of the pie is the same, but split up differently with the taxes.
Not to mention, it's a long commute to NYC.
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Old 02-08-2023, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
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Not to mention, it's a long commute to NYC.
Why on earth would you commute to NYC from there? Thats Philadelphia suburbs.

Bergen County NJ only is about 15% NYC Commuters now.
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Old 02-08-2023, 09:26 AM
 
Location: Western MA
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Why on earth would you commute to NYC from there? Thats Philadelphia suburbs.

Bergen County NJ only is about 15% NYC Commuters now.
Well, I was thinking that the main draw of NJ is it's proximity to NYC for jobs, but, you're right, I guess it's reasonable that people would commute to PA from S NJ. I am from Bergen County (Ridgewood), so I am wearing that hat, so my perspective will be skewed in that way.

Is there really only 15% commuting from Bergen Cty to NYC these days? Wow. I wonder what the % was back in the day.
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Old 02-09-2023, 06:45 AM
 
Location: East Coast
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Not to mention, it's a long commute to NYC.
NYC is not the center of the universe, though. Not everything is priced in relation to its proximity to NYC.
I've mentioned elsewhere in this thread that Camden is across the river from Philadelphia, so it's not really relevant when you're talking about a commute into NYC. When Camden is discussed, it would typically be in a discussion of the Philadelphia area and if someone lives in Camden, they would be more likely to go into Philadelphia on a regular basis than New York.

That said, there are people who live in Camden and elsewhere in the Philadelphia area who DO commute to NYC. Amtrak and NJ Transit do make that an option. Usually when that happens, though, the people have some tie to the Philly area and don't want to leave. For example, one spouse works somewhere in the Philly area and the other gets a job offer in NYC. Sometimes they will take it but don't move because the rest of the family is tied to Philly.
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Old 02-09-2023, 07:27 AM
 
Location: Baltimore
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Well, I was thinking that the main draw of NJ is it's proximity to NYC for jobs, but, you're right, I guess it's reasonable that people would commute to PA from S NJ. I am from Bergen County (Ridgewood), so I am wearing that hat, so my perspective will be skewed in that way.

Is there really only 15% commuting from Bergen Cty to NYC these days? Wow. I wonder what the % was back in the day.
the vast majority of people in Boston suburbs, in FFC, in Bergen ...dont work in Boston or New York. Most people commute from suburb to suburb. And by most i mean a super majority and its been that way for a long long time.
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Old 02-09-2023, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
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the vast majority of people in Boston suburbs, in FFC, in Bergen ...dont work in Boston or New York. Most people commute from suburb to suburb. And by most i mean a super majority and its been that way for a long long time.
^^^ ... Bergen County employs more people in Hackensack, Newark and Jersey City than commuters into New York City. Ridgewood and Morris/Morristown are close as well.
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