Good Places to Live Around Basking Ridge NJ (Summit, Morristown: rent, neighborhoods)

[JayMover]

Im a mid-20 something single social male moving to Basking Ridge for a job from Los Angeles. Don't know anything about the area.

I really don't want to be out i the boonies where there's not much to do which is the first things I've heard about BaskingRidge "Nice place, not much to do".

Anyone have insight on Good neighborhoods within a half hour commute of basking ridge, preferrably closer to NYC?

I want to avoid rough neighborhoods...this is the type of information I think I can get best from local knowledge.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
J.

[joe moving]

Morristown. Quite happening- lots of restaurants, bars, nice town center. Parts of the town are not so nice, parts nice. You will be able to tell by visiting I think. 10 miles from Basking Ridge. If you lived near town you could be walking to all of these stores. Several owns around Morristown are right on the train line - Summit, Madison (New Jersey Transit - Home) that goes directly to Penn Station / Madison Square Garden.

[markirish]

I would recommend Summit, Morristown, and SOmerville as good more urban alternatives to Basking Ridge. I live in BR and commute to Morristown 15 minutes. Summit is 20, Somerville 25.

[DodgeViper01]

You should check out the following for beautiful areas but little things to do:

Basking Ridge, Benardsville, Far Hills, Mendham

For Things to do:

Sommerville, Shorts Hills, Morristown

[Famsheikh]

Hi my husband recently found work in Manhattan. We are trying to move with four children of which two are in elementary school. Please recommend where we should live ? NYC or NJ? Please advise reasonable rent and good schools and somewhere we can raise a large family?