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Originally Posted by chicago_summer
We are moving from Chicago too New York. I have a job at Wall Street. Figured in last couple of days that finding an affordable place to live close to Wall Street could be quite a challenge. Recommend buildings/areas to live.
Here is what we are looking for.
•Total commute time 30-40 minutes
•We prefer new constructions (with good appliances and lot of windows and sun shine)
•Minimum 800 sq feet area.
•2500 rent + amenities + parking(parking is optional if we are keeping the car)
•Don’t have any particular preference of an apartment or a town house
•Love to keep my car. I will let it go if it’s a must.
•Very safe neighborhood.
Please make your suggestions. What are the tax implications of working in NYC and living in New Jersey? Please recommend any websites. Write the websites like mydomain dot com or else mods will block them.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Oh one more thing, make a list of things that you want from Chicago. We want to make some new friends.
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I am not EHS, I am his brother-in-law, working at JP Morgan Chase at Newport Jersey City and 4 New York Plaza (Wall St area) before.
It seems to me Newport is your best choice. Take a look at this site
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I had to go to Wall St office often and I took ferry from Newport, behind our office at Washington St, and I talked to many people always when I taking ferry. I know quite a few people living at Chicago area who got IT contracts at Wall Street and renting apartment at Newport. They all chose these area has reasons.
There are many brand new apartment building at your price range (yes, when I have nothing to do during lunch time, one of my hobby is to check out these apartment building), but I personally like Avalon Cove much more than other new towners, why, it is the earliest one with nice swimming pool, tennis court, nice view, next to boardwalk on Hudson River ...etc.
Across street is nice Newport Center Mall where we eat lunch all the time with many nice stores like Macy's ... It also has nice big Cinema. Nearby also has brand new Target and Modell.
The PATH Newport station is right next by, and there are nice Courtyard, Doubletrees, Hyatt, Candlewoods ...etc. When your friends visit you, you can take them to Hyatt to Vue restaurants to get the best Manhattan view thru Light Weight Rail. that can take you easily to Hoboken, to Liberty State Park which has a newly expanded Liberty Science Center going to grand reopen.
You can take PATH to Nework to visit Nework Museum, to nice Performing Art Center, and attend NJ Symphony Orchestra. Of course, PATH is 24 hour and you will sure to have easy access to NYC museums, events, ...etc.
The parking may need $200 to $300 a month depending on which lot you got, but that is the price for people making good money at Wall St. You really do NOT need a car since you can always rent a car when you need travel. In the Greater NYC area, you have Subway (within NYC), PATH (between NJ and NYC) and NJ Transit (within NJ).
If you go to Barnes & Noble Hoboken, you can get a book of 100 places worth to see in NJ, and you will have very good time to visit from Jersey City without car.
You can very easily to go to Atlantic City, Philly, Baltimore, DC, Boston, CT ...etc with train.
And in the area, there are lots of great restaurants, including my favorite Confucious Restaurant. If you read Chinese, every time you eat there, you can have a quick review of many important Confucious sayings on the wall. If you read Chinese, the grocery stores nearby also sell World Journal, the largest Chinese newspaper in the US.
I almost can guarantee that you will like the area since, as I said, I know many people from ferry and PATH who came from Chicago living here at Newport.