Westfield or Millburn -- which is better choice? (Orange, Maplewood: good schools, college)

[Buonconvento]

Looking for a town with good schools, not too far from NYC. How do Westfield and Millburn compare?

[Giantone]

Westfield is nice and you will like it but Millburn/ShortHills is nicer better schools but also more money.You need to choose,you could try Summit,New Providence ,Chatum or Maplewood.

[veuvegirl]

If you are commuting into the city, I would go for Millburn/Short Hills or Maplewood/South Orange.

[MoorestownResident]

Millburn if you can afford it. Nice town great schools and location.

[Obrero]

Millburn hands down.

[kaday]

Westfield has a great downtown, very walkable. Millburn has better schools. If I had my choice I would probably chose Millburn for the schools. For quality of life I'd chose Westfield. That being said, I have a friend whose daughter graduated from Millburn HS. She had a 3.6 GPA and was in the bottom half of her graduating class. She ended up being waitlisted at all of her college choices. Had she gone to a marginally less competitive HS maybe things would have been different. But who knows............

[JamesBoyer]

if just picking between the 2 the answer would be Millburn. Otherwise Summit, Chatham, & New Providence all offer good schools, good access to NYC by train, and much lower taxes than Millburn.