Since most of us will be working in the city for quite a long while, where would you prefer to settle when it comes time to buy a house and/or raise a family? I was thinking somewhere either in Nassau County (Long Island), West Chester County, across the Hudson in NJ, or even CT. Which would you choose and why?
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There are some nice neighborhoods in Nassau County, but the cost of living is high.
If you live in like Hoboken or Jersey city it seems like a fairly easy commute on the PATH and the lowest COL.
I heard this is harder than it sounds - you're looking @ at least a 30 min commute into Midtown, not taking into account transfers from what I hear.
And if it's anywhere as humid as it is today, you'll be drenched.
And the PATH is horrendous late at night. Be prepared to wait 30-45 minutes to get on a PATH train at 11PM on any weekday, longer if it's the weekend.
Is PATH back to full service yet after Sandy?
Yes, but it still doesn't take away from the fact that the PATH MTA.
Most of my colleagues live in Westchester and take the train down. Takes about an hour.
Didn't even see the question - have you considered Connecticut? Lots of the higher ups commute.
Connecticut does seem to be a popular choice. New Jersey, even as south as Princeton has some nice spots and the commute is not bad at all
Fuck didn't realize the PATH was so awful, I thought it was still running pretty often even late at night? I'm thinking about moving over that way because I was told it was easy and you get so much more bang for your buck.
It gets pretty tedious, especially if you enjoy going out in NYC.
The bang for the buck is alright. A good 2-3 bedroom apartment in Jersey City runs around $1900-2200. For that price, you get very little in NYC.
One important piece of info to consider: The LIRR runs 24/7, whereas Jersey Transit and Metro North both shut down at night.
Haven't thought about CT, I added that to the choices as well. In terms of bang for your buck, which of the four tends to be the best?
Probably CT, but that's only because I'm from there. Metronorth is pretty easy to manage, so getting to and from grand central is not very difficult.
**This is assuming I have a family and am ready to settle down. If not, I would not live outside of the city.
Saving yourself a couple hundred and extending your commute by a couple hours is NOT worth it. Trust me on this.
OP is thinking longer term I think (meaning moving out to raise his family in one of NYC's nice suburbs). He's not talking about saving rent in his 20s.
(Unless I'm completely incorrect.)
I'll probably settle on Long Island due to its vastly superior youth lacrosse programs (lulz).
Since when is Jersey City and Hoboken suburbia? Whent he time comes I'll probably head to Bergen County NJ or Westchester NY
I live in queens and trust me , it is very suburban. Jamaica estates , kew gardens, forest hills, Douglaston, floral park, bayside, little neck, and bellerose are all very expensive neighborhoods and all take you to penn within 30 mins on the lirr (20 mins from forest hills). You'll find most homes costing well over a million within these neighborhoods and the schools are great.
The nice parts of Floral Park and Bellerose are in Nassau County.
Stamford. 45 minute commute, actual shit to do, Cove Island Park for nature/beach stuff
i guess it depends if you want uber suburbia or suburban but with city things to do locally?
oh and taxes wont rape your mouth as much as they would in westchester or LI (long island sucks, no idea why all of you LI people have such a hard on about being so great)
Stamford gets old, real quickly.
And yes, everyone from LI has some sort of superiority complex, it sucks
Never been to Stamford, how is it ?
Honestly? It's a small, depressing New England city (though it isn't as depressing as, say, Bridgeport, or New Haven). Outside of a handful of normal bars and restaurants (Bedford St, Main St), there really isn't a whole lot to do. Also, rent in liveable buildings in Stamford isn't as cheap as most people think.
The suburbs outside of Stamford, however (Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, etc.), are some of the nicest suburbs of NYC.
Thanks for the insight, sounds like any other suburban town (on average). Also, I thought Stamford was in Connecticut? Or am I missing something?
Exactly, there isn't much to do. Seems pretty fun at first. Pretty young crowd, usually making decent money but there are only a handful of places. After that, same thing over and over
I took this question to mean much older with a family so JC and hoboken wouldn't be it, however the PATH really isn't that bad at 11 PM. I've taken it many times and its usually at worst a 20 minute wait. The trains are scheduled to run every 15 minutes, and once on the train from manhattan you can get to hoboken in about 10 minutes or less depending what stop you get on. Also the train runs up to 33rd and 6th so depending where in midtown you are, the commute can not be that bad.
Edit: Also the PATH runs 24 hours.
Strong Island. Try and live anywhere near Hicksville train station. There's a train leaving/coming in every 15 minutes during rush hour and you'll get to Penn Station in 43 minutes if you catch an express train. Hicksville isn't really that nice of an area, but all town of Oyster Bay residents can park there, which includes towns like Bethpage and Plainview (decent middle class neighborhoods) and Oyster Bay Cove and Brookville (in the event you ever make it to BSD status).
Best place to live is Rumson area in NJ. It's on the shore (Springsteen and Bon Jovi live there) and you take the ferry to work. Hour door to door if you work downtown. Expensive though, but very beautiful area.
If you have the money, Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, etc. Best school systems. Commute is 1 hr by train or 45 min by car with no traffic...
with no traffic...bahahah
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