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I live and work in Tenafly(Bergen County) my girlfriend lives and works in NYC, we are looking to move in together. I have talked her into NJ but trying to figure out where.
She currently lives in upper east side and works around Baruch College(24th and 3rd ave.) Doesn't drive and wants to be an easyish commute into the city. I live one minute from where I work currently and understand I am going to be losing that! I do drive just trying not to make my commute to far if possible.
Looking for advice on real travel time on commutes from Englewood, Fort Lee, Edgewater to the City? Fall back is Jersey City/Hoboken but that will be a stretch for me adding 45min each way to my day.
Rent is somewhat flexible depending where we are will decide what we can get for our money, I will have a car so some ability for parking will be necessary.
I am speaking from sporadic drives rather than regular commutes, but IMO commuting to Baruch via the GWB (if you pick Ft Lee or Englewood) would be a PITA.
You might check out West New York and Weehawken, as someone said. It would be roughly 25-30 mins. each for you, avoiding the awful Hoboken traffic bottleneck. Weehawken has one too but heading south rather than toward Tenafly. The commute for her would be almost as good as it gets thanks to the wonderful minibuses to the Port A on Blvd East in West New York and Weehawken, which come every 5 mins. That is assuming you are in the bluffs section of Weehawken. It also has a waterfront section just S of Edgewater and a Heights section between Union City and Hoboken. The waterfront dwellers mainly use the ferry, I think, and it also goes to Edgewater. It's handiest for those working way downtown or on the W side, but it has bus and subway connections to other areas including fairly close to Baruch. Fares, Routes & Schedules
The other town that comes to mind is Secaucus which has a lot of bus and train options for getting to Manhattan and isnt too long a drive for you.
Anything else I can think of is much longer for one of you. One does get used to long commutes after a while but it's awfully nice in a relationship if they're fairly equal. Good luck.
I may be stating the obvious but have you considered moving to the ues and doing a reverse commute? I would imagine it's between half an hour and 45 minutes depending on what time you leave and how close to the fdr you are. Waze can confirm that time in the morning. You may be able to get by with street parking if you are moving your car every day.
I may be stating the obvious but have you considered moving to the ues and doing a reverse commute? I would imagine it's between half an hour and 45 minutes depending on what time you leave and how close to the fdr you are. Waze can confirm that time in the morning. You may be able to get by with street parking if you are moving your car every day.
Yeah thought about it but expense of living in NY couldn't workout in my mind. higher taxes, higher rent, gwb toll every day, etc...
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