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My wife and I are interested in buying something in the coming year, and we're finding it difficult to determine what towns are actually practical for commuting. Can anyone suggest nice upper middle class towns with a train ride of 45 minutes or less to NY Penn? We really like the look of Westfield, but the commute seems to be too long. Thanks for any suggestions.
My wife and I are interested in buying something in the coming year, and we're finding it difficult to determine what towns are actually practical for commuting. Can anyone suggest nice upper middle class towns with a train ride of 45 minutes or less to NY Penn? We really like the look of Westfield, but the commute seems to be too long. Thanks for any suggestions.
Depends where you work in NYC, but if you work downtown then you should be prepared for a roughly 75 to 90 minute door-to-door commute, each way.
The commute from Westfield is about average for any of the typical "nice suburban" towns in NJ; you might find some a little closer in Bergen County (although with less frequent train service) but you're still looking at at least a 75 minute one-way commute to work downtown.
It's the trade-off people make to live in NJ and work in NYC.
Your $600,000 budget should support a nice townhouse community with higher end maintenance costs if you can find one but is low for single family homes in upscale areas close to NYC. I am assuming you are looking for 3+ bedrooms with 2+ garages. Are you planning to put 20% or more down and finance the rest?
we're the kind of people that drive luxury cars and wear ridiculously over priced designer clothing, so we would not want to live in an area where that would seem out of place. We don't want to have the only lexus on the block
Your budget is only $600k, so you're a bit too poor to be talking like that.
Hmm, if you think someone with a housing budget of 600K is poor, you are very sheltered.
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