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Old 05-31-2011, 10:41 PM
 
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Where are you coming from? LA
Why are you moving? Job
Where will you be working ? If NYC, what part of NYC? W 49th Street

Will you buy or rent?Rent
What is your budget ? 1600-1800 (heating inclusive)
What kind of place are you looking for ? Clean, less than an hour commute

Will anyone (spouse, children, pets) be moving with you ? Spouse
Do you need/want good public schools? No

Briefly describe the kind of neighborhood you'd like to live in
(examples: families with young children, young, mature, artsy, diverse, safe, close-knit, block parties, etc)

Safety is the major criteria

List three things that are important to you in order of importance.(examples: nightlife, outdoor activities, rural/urban, safety, downtown area, charming, new construction, proximity to XYZ, family oriented, easy parking, short commute, etc)

Safety, short commute to NYC, rural



What do you guys think of Ridgefield/ park, Fort Lee area?

Any suggestions would be welcome to what seems like an uncrackable problem
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Old 05-31-2011, 11:10 PM
 
Location: East Rutherford, NJ
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Well you'll certainly get safety and a decent commute into NYC, especially with that price range. But uhm, rural? I mean you'll get dense suburbia. But you gotta go pretty far west into NJ for anything rural. Fort Lee and Ridgefield Park are certainly not that in any respect.
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Old 06-01-2011, 07:47 AM
 
Location: Martinsville, NJ
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short commute to NYC, rural


These two items are mutually exclusive, unless your definition of one of those terms is significantly different from the commonly used definition,
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Old 06-01-2011, 08:23 AM
 
Location: On the Rails in Northern NJ
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The Dense Suburbs extend 20 miles from NYC , then theres the Sprawl Suburbs those go out 50 miles , then you hit Rural.... But why Rural, commuting to NYC from the Rural areas takes a min of 1.5hrs , factor in traffic thats 2hrs.
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Old 06-01-2011, 09:19 AM
 
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My bad..
With the "Rural" criteria replaced with "Modern apartments", are there any matches?
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Old 06-01-2011, 09:28 AM
 
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My bad..
With the "Rural" criteria replaced with "Modern apartments", are there any matches?
Depends what you think is modern I would start with Ridgefield Park. Relatively easy bus commute from there to midtown.
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Old 06-01-2011, 10:07 AM
 
Location: East Rutherford, NJ
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My bad..
With the "Rural" criteria replaced with "Modern apartments", are there any matches?
Well now you're in business. With that kind of budget you could find any number of modern and spacious apartments in safe towns along the bus lines and trains into the city.

Tell us a bit more on what you're looking for in a town in terms of amenities (restaurants, bars/pubs, shopping, grocery stores, any specialty needs).
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Old 06-01-2011, 10:24 AM
 
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Look at the bus schedules on NJ Transit to find towns. I don't think you want to take a train based on where you say your job is, you want to go to Port Authority Bus Terminal at 42nd Street.
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Old 06-01-2011, 12:19 PM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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Where are you coming from? LA
Why are you moving? Job
Where will you be working ? If NYC, what part of NYC? W 49th Street

Will you buy or rent?Rent
What is your budget ? 1600-1800 (heating inclusive)
What kind of place are you looking for ? Clean, less than an hour commute

Will anyone (spouse, children, pets) be moving with you ? Spouse
Do you need/want good public schools? No

Briefly describe the kind of neighborhood you'd like to live in
(examples: families with young children, young, mature, artsy, diverse, safe, close-knit, block parties, etc)

Safety is the major criteria

List three things that are important to you in order of importance.(examples: nightlife, outdoor activities, rural/urban, safety, downtown area, charming, new construction, proximity to XYZ, family oriented, easy parking, short commute, etc)

Safety, short commute to NYC, rural



What do you guys think of Ridgefield/ park, Fort Lee area?

Any suggestions would be welcome to what seems like an uncrackable problem
LOL RE bolded--so, you've never been to New Jersey. What you just wrote is called an oxymoron.

Edit: Oops, I see someone caught that. You also have to define what you think is a short commute. Bear in mind that there is a mile-wide river separating NYC and NJ, a whole lot of people (like a couple hundred thousand people) trying to cross it at the same time, and a finite number of ways to do that. So, your shortest possible commute is about half an hour from home to office and that means living in one of the towns on the river. The next step is that those towns are either very expensive places OR places that won't meet the "safety" criteria. If you'll go 45 minutes to an hour, which is considered a short commute by most commuters (mine is 2 hours door to door) you'll have more choices.

Ridgefield Park and Fort Lee are both decent towns--suburban on the more congested end of suburban, but very livable with access to everything you need. Also suggest Rutherford--there are some nice apartments there, both in complexes and in multi-family homes, and your commute would be around 45 minutes.
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