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How are the schools in Ho-Ho-Kus? The homes in these towns that are closer in are a bit smaller than what we were going for. We would like to have a big yard. We would like to try the 'subdivision' thing. We have already done the 'ur-burban' thing. Toll Brothers has a place in Sparta also. How is Sparta? How is the area around Pine Beach?
Sparta is nice but quite rural and if you need to commute to NYC I wouldn't suggest a move there
We have no desire to use public transportation. Do many Andover residents commute to New York City?
Matt...Andover (and Sparta) are in Sussex county...definitely the most affordable area of northern NJ...and there are a decent number of people in Sparta, Andover and other towns in southern part of Sussex county that commute into the city...but its a grind. You don't want to drive into NYC on a daily basis unless you work off hours
If I were you, I would focus on Morris county...the next county east of Sussex (closer to NYC) and find a town on the train line...Denville, Madison, Chatham, Morris Plains are all nice safe towns with plenty of green space. Mountain Lakes is another nice town with a direct train into NYC...a bit pricier than most but one of the most highly rated school systems in the state.
If you can really spend $900K, you might be able to find a nice place even in Mountain Lakes
We have no desire to use public transportation. Do many Andover residents commute to New York City?
in your price range, there are better places than andover.
tell you what - why don't you tell us what your max tolerable commute is (in TIME), and we can take it from there. be aware that driving into NYC will involve tolls ($6/day) and nearly unbearable waits to get into the tunnel/on the bridge, unless you leave before the crack of dawn.
from my perspective, if a person works in NYC, i cannot in good conscience recommend a town more than 30 miles away, which, if you look at a map going west, will land you in about Parsippany or Denville.
to answer your question though - i'm sure some ppl in Andover commute to NYC, but I'm pretty sure it's a small number.
We have no desire to use public transportation. Do many Andover residents commute to New York City?
The other thing to consider with places like Andover that are up in the hills is that there will be many days where the weather will make your commute even worse than normal. One of my employees lived in Andover, and there were plenty of times where he'd get snow up there when we'd have none in Bedminster, or when he'd have ice on the roads when we had rain. He wouldn't even bother leaving the house if he was supposed to go to our NYC office that day, and the commute to Bedminster could easily go from his normal just over an hour to 2 hours plus. It's not an every day occurence, but you could count on it happening half a dozen times per winter, if not more.
in your price range, there are better places than andover.
tell you what - why don't you tell us what your max tolerable commute is (in TIME), and we can take it from there. be aware that driving into NYC will involve tolls ($6/day) and nearly unbearable waits to get into the tunnel/on the bridge, unless you leave before the crack of dawn.
one way to avoid tunnel traffic and the tolls is to do what I did for many years, park in JC and take the tubes to the city, nowadays if you work midtown or downtown you can park near a light rail station and take that to either the ferries at port imperial or the tubes at hoboken.
one way to avoid tunnel traffic and the tolls is to do what I did for many years, park in JC and take the tubes to the city, nowadays if you work midtown or downtown you can park near a light rail station and take that to either the ferries at port imperial or the tubes at hoboken.
but he said he didn't want to use public transport. shrug.
The other thing to consider with places like Andover that are up in the hills is that there will be many days where the weather will make your commute even worse than normal. One of my employees lived in Andover, and there were plenty of times where he'd get snow up there when we'd have none in Bedminster, or when he'd have ice on the roads when we had rain. He wouldn't even bother leaving the house if he was supposed to go to our NYC office that day, and the commute to Bedminster could easily go from his normal just over an hour to 2 hours plus. It's not an every day occurence, but you could count on it happening half a dozen times per winter, if not more.
yes. i'm in the same boat, but luckily have flexibility where i don't need to go into the office on bad days. about 6 or so days sounds right.
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