NY or NJ commute (Monroe, Goshen: home, to buy, best school districts)

[seoulgirl]

We will be moving to the area in 3 more weeks! My husband will work in lower Manhattan. We have 4 school aged children and DH plans on commuting up to a max of 60-90 minutes each way. My husband will not need public transportation and his job will be very flexible regarding traveling during non peak times (if there is such a thing!). I spent a lot of time on the NJ forum, thinking this is where most commuters lived. I could be wrong-so I wanted to check. We are looking to buy in an area 400-500K, good schools etc. Any areas to recommend in NY state? Are the taxes about the same? Thanks for any thoughts/recomendations!

[Barber_kid]

I would suggest Orange County, NY for 4-500k look in Goshen or Monroe areas. They have some of the best school districts in the county. If you were 250-350 I would send you somewhere else but stick with those two areas, if you need a good realtor in that area, pm me.

[zwartra]

Orange County is commutable, it depends on what you what you use for transportation and where in Manhattan your husband works. You can find a nice home in the area in your price range. Let me know if I can help you locate a home in the area, I would be happy to assist. I would suggest along the Route 17 corridor.

[acip]

Have you considered Rockland County? Great location to the city, you can def find a home in your price range and the schools are very very good here. I moved up here almost thirty years ago from the city and it is the best thing I ever did
Good luck