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03-18-2007, 08:52 PM
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Location: The Emerald City
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Rite over the 59th st bridge is Queens. My cousin lives there he's 24 and has never had an automobile license. He works in Manhattan. He's 3 minutes away!
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03-18-2007, 09:12 PM
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Location: Kearny, NJ
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New Jersey can be cheaper.
I was born in Baltimore and have lived in New Jersey for the past 20 years. If you are interested in saving on income tax, NJ is cheaper than NY, since you don't have to pay the NYC residence tax, which is more than 4% (varies slightly by income). You still have to pay the NY state tax of 6.85% if you work in NYC. As others have said, Hoboken is rather costly, and even Jersey City is much more expensive than Austin. If you want a safe neighborhood that's only a 19-minute train ride ($1.20 per ride if you buy 20 or more) to Manhattan on the PATH train which runs 24/7, and which costs about the same as Hyde Park in Austin, Harrison is probably your best bet. It's not at all trendy, which keeps prices low, and there are some decent restaurants within walking distance. The crime rate is also very low. I live in the next town just north of Harrison, which is called Kearny (if you've seen "The Sopranos", it's mostly filmed in Kearny). The only minor problem with Kearny, which is prettier than Harrison and about the same cost, is that it's at least a one-mile walk to the Harrison PATH train station (Kearny has no station), whereas in Harrison, it's only a ten-minute walk. Many of my co-workers live in Harrison and Kearny. On the other hand, if you want to "be a part of it", or "see and be seen", this is not usually where the stars meet or greet--although Rod Stewart did visit Kearny last month to watch a soccer game.
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03-19-2007, 07:45 PM
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Location: The Emerald City
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Originally Posted by StevenJonKaplan
I was born in Baltimore and have lived in New Jersey for the past 20 years. If you are interested in saving on income tax, NJ is cheaper than NY, since you don't have to pay the NYC residence tax, which is more than 4% (varies slightly by income). You still have to pay the NY state tax of 6.85% if you work in NYC. As others have said, Hoboken is rather costly, and even Jersey City is much more expensive than Austin. If you want a safe neighborhood that's only a 19-minute train ride ($1.20 per ride if you buy 20 or more) to Manhattan on the PATH train which runs 24/7, and which costs about the same as Hyde Park in Austin, Harrison is probably your best bet. It's not at all trendy, which keeps prices low, and there are some decent restaurants within walking distance. The crime rate is also very low. I live in the next town just north of Harrison, which is called Kearny (if you've seen "The Sopranos", it's mostly filmed in Kearny). The only minor problem with Kearny, which is prettier than Harrison and about the same cost, is that it's at least a one-mile walk to the Harrison PATH train station (Kearny has no station), whereas in Harrison, it's only a ten-minute walk. Many of my co-workers live in Harrison and Kearny. On the other hand, if you want to "be a part of it", or "see and be seen", this is not usually where the stars meet or greet--although Rod Stewart did visit Kearny last month to watch a soccer game.
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I know we are talking about renting but property taxes in NYC are peanuts compared to Jersey if she were buying. Plus if your working in NYC but not living there they hit you with a "non-resident" NYC tax!
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03-23-2007, 09:27 PM
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I know we are talking about renting but property taxes in NYC are peanuts compared to Jersey if she were buying. Plus if your working in NYC but not living there they hit you with a "non-resident" NYC tax!
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There hasn't been a non-resident tax, aka a commuter tax, in NYC for many years now.
If you want cheap and cheap alone rent an illegal basement apartment in a private home in Queens. Lots of first year cops who barely break $35k do that to get by. If you want to experience NYC while you're young then do everything you can to get with a bunch of roomates and make it work. |
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03-25-2007, 09:20 AM
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Location: Bergen County, NJ
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Rite over the 59th st bridge is Queens. My cousin lives there he's 24 and has never had an automobile license. He works in Manhattan. He's 3 minutes away!
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The rent is cheaper over there. It is near the Queensbridge projects. Area has a bad rep. Having actually walked around there, how is the area? Do you know how the rents are going?
I know the cops seem to have a big presence at the Queensbridge train stop in recent years. |
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