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How possible or far fetched is a daily, rush hour reverse commute from NYC to Norwalk?
My son will be interning at Xerox in Norwalk, CT for three months during the summer and will have to find housing/transportation for the time being. We live in AZ and he would not be able to take his car all the way to CT. He is insistent on living in NYC and commuting daily to Xerox headquarters (address: 45 glover avenue) by taking the MTA express train from Grand Central.
Past interns have told him that Norwalk has a very poor offering of entertainment compared to NYC, and that the tradeoff of living in NYC for a person his age (22) and from a small town is definitely worth the 70-90 minute commute plus additional transportation costs. He INSISTS that is what he wants and that is worth trying given that it's only three months. Putting aside issues of taxes/higher cost of living, how possible or far fetched is a daily, rush hour reverse commute from NYC to Norwalk?
Any comments are greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
The Danbury branch is infrequent (the station is right by Merritt 7), so it would be helpful if he had somebody who could pick him up from the Norfolk station, because he wouldn't have to deal with the CTTransit buses. (Unless he was able to time himself for a train that connects with a Danbury Branch train).
In any case, it's doable. He would just have to find a place to live that's convenient to Metro-North. (It would probably involve taking the subway to Grand Central, because he wants to be in Manhattan, where all the action is).
The branch Xerox is on doesn't get much service, the only morning rush hour train arrives at 9:01 AM. In the reverse direction, the only rush hour-ish trains are at 3:54 and 5:54 PM. 1:25 long train ride + subway to get to/from Grand Central. The other option is a bus transfer from the main train line, but that might be more trouble than it's worth.
I don't know anything about the commute, but I have to say I think your son is right. I don't see what the point is of coming all the way here and living in Norwalk for a summer. New York is something different - living here is probably as much of an education as the internship would be (and that's coming from someone who is moving out of the area soon).
I would never do that commute permanently, let me be clear. But for a summer, for a young guy, who wants to go out during the week with friends and such, and be in the city on the weekends, sure.
I thought about it some more, though. It is very far. Maybe you can propose a compromise, if you're against this. Live in Norwalk during week. Use savings for hotels on weekends. I still think it is a big shame to come here and stay mostly in Norwalk.
How possible or far fetched is a daily, rush hour reverse commute from NYC to Norwalk?
My son will be interning at Xerox in Norwalk, CT for three months during the summer and will have to find housing/transportation for the time being. We live in AZ and he would not be able to take his car all the way to CT. He is insistent on living in NYC and commuting daily to Xerox headquarters (address: 45 glover avenue) by taking the MTA express train from Grand Central.
Past interns have told him that Norwalk has a very poor offering of entertainment compared to NYC, and that the tradeoff of living in NYC for a person his age (22) and from a small town is definitely worth the 70-90 minute commute plus additional transportation costs. He INSISTS that is what he wants and that is worth trying given that it's only three months. Putting aside issues of taxes/higher cost of living, how possible or far fetched is a daily, rush hour reverse commute from NYC to Norwalk?
Any comments are greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
If your son is 22 he is a grown man and he should be able to figure this out for himself.It has nothing to do with you.
My father lives in CT- in the Danbury area - which generally requires a transfer in Norwalk when I visit. It's a very long train ride - about an hour and 10 minutes between Grand Central and Norwalk and there aren't a lot of trains in the evening or on weekends. I know I wouldn't want to do it every day!
Most places outside big urban areas have very poor entertainment compared with NYC. Can he get a job in Paris? He is going to Norwalk for the job experience, not to go sightseeing. It will benefit his career at a time when younger workers are having difficulty landing jobs. That said it makes more sense to rent somewhere closer and go to NYC for leisure.
Guy needs to keep himself open to work late nights to give that impression and get a good rec. No way to do that if he is taking an early train home every day.
mack on the girls at a seaside bar in stamford weeknights, NYC on the weekends.
It's not far at all SoNo to GC can be under 55 minutes.
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