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Originally Posted by home_buyer_nj2009
thanks gagaliya!... checking out areas surrounding Newport also, but 2 BR / 2 Baths are still expensive in the high-rises (particularly when bonuses have gone down !) and we are looking for gated communities as 2nd preference after condos...
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Checkout the Park Hamilton building (the loft building), they have some nice sized units for comparable price to boatworks ($350-400k). And even less, for the brownstones.
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I think I would surely find out more about Boatworks... what would you say are the main pros over Society Hills? i guess one of the cons would be longer commute. btw, how far is the following true (mentioned in one of the previous posts on 09-05-2008, 01:47 PM):
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They are building the lightrail station a few blocks from boatwork schedueld to complete by year end. You commute will be lightrail to exchange place, or if you work in nyc, transfer to path from there. I would think this is better than society hills, which has NO transportation options other than car or their own shuttle bus.
re: Bayonne cops are very good and somewhat aggressive towards CRIMINALS. They do a good job and keeps bayonne safe. It's nonsense that they harrass people, there are many nonwhites(indian, chinese, blacks) living in bayonne. They might harrass you if you dress up like a gangbanger and hang out on the street corner. Non-issue. Also boatwork has a very diverse population.
As to other pro/con:
- you can actually walk outside the gate as bayonne is a decent area vs society hill's no man's land outside the gate. This alone would made the decision for me.
- schools are much much better if that's a concern
- i like the finish in boatworks better, everything is new vs society hill, but i guess that varies per unit.
- the pro for society hill is within the gated area, it has a lot more amenities than boatworks for example: tennis court gym etc.. where boatwork only has a swimming pool.
- Also tax is no longer a big factor, most units in boatwork got their tax reduced from 12k to 7kish, which is comparable to society hills now.
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Also, how would you rate Secaucus, Weehawken (Port Imperial) & West New York?
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Going north to weehawken/wny, the only place i would consider out of them are the immediate areas by the lightrail stops (city place, river point etc..) , but they are almost as expensive as newport which kind defeats the purpose.
I still think you should stay around newport
nothing beats having all the restaurants, shopping(mall, target, etc..), transportation all next door, or having a stroll by the water on the pier with nyc directly across. Very few places have that kind of feel.
fyi i moved from newport/paulus hook to bayonne too, although i like the area it just doesnt do it for me, i find myself keep going back to newport for eveyrthing and just miss the area. Moving back soon...
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