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I am currently renting in Haddon Township and am considering trying to purchase a house (1200sqft+, 3/1, 300k budget) in the next year or so preferably in Collingswood or Haddon Township. The benefits I see in this area are (but not necessarily in many surrounding towns):
-Nice neighborhoods
-Public transportation to Philly ~30m
-Walkable, desirable downtown
-Very popular area
The thing is, most friends and family are in Northern Jersey so I'm not sure if purchasing here is wise for me. I am wondering, assuming the job situation worked out in NNJ/NYC, how much would a starter house with the above characteristics go for (substituting 1hr commute to NYC for example)? I'd like to figure out what my budget would need to be when considering potential salaries in that area. Does anyone know of any "Collingswood equivalent" towns in NNJ that'd serve as a comparison? I appreciate the help, thanks.
Not Crawford I meant Cranford, but a Collingswood type of neighborhood is easily gonna cost you 450k.
Trust me I said the same thing. I commute 2 hrs one way from Delran to NYC. I can’t see myself spending over 450-500k on a home and carrying a $3,000 mortgage. Good luck
Southerns say people from the North "Live to Work" while they "Work to Live"!! Those 4-5 hr. daily commutes get old very fast. People in the 70's 80's used to do that commute from Barnegat to NYC until it started to affect their family life. We saw many families break up over the commuting issue. Think about staying in So. NJ & work in Philly. You can always visit friends and family in No. NJ on vacations or Holidays.
Southerns say people from the North "Live to Work" while they "Work to Live"!! Those 4-5 hr. daily commutes get old very fast. People in the 70's 80's used to do that commute from Barnegat to NYC until it started to affect their family life. We saw many families break up over the commuting issue. Think about staying in So. NJ & work in Philly. You can always visit friends and family in No. NJ on vacations or Holidays.
I wasn't from that area and remember asking locals about the road construction and new housing developments. When I was told that people were buying homes in Manahawkin and planning to drive to Northern New Jersey for work I was completely floored. That was a hell that I'd never contemplated. Perhaps that information wasn't quite accurate, but that didn't sound good. That was in the 1970s when I lived in PA and didn't know that people had to spend serious amounts of time getting to work.
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