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Sweetie2004 Posted: Oct 15, 2004 05:49 PM+

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Posted: Oct 15, 2004 05:49 PM

new jersey girls....

We are getting so frustrated with house hunting in LI! We want to start looking in NJ but we don't know what areas are 'good'. I want to be near the border because I work in westchester and I drive in.

Any suggestions?

bea77 Posted: Oct 15, 2004 10:16 PM+

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Posted: Oct 15, 2004 10:16 PM

Re: new jersey girls....

New Jersey always reminds me of prostitution rings and pollution! My MIL just bought a house in the redbank area for $69,000 about, but I think I saw a wolf running in her backyard last week.

MrsTC Posted: Oct 16, 2004 09:05 AM+

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Posted: Oct 16, 2004 09:05 AM

Re: new jersey girls....

Posted by bea77

New Jersey always reminds me of prostitution rings and pollution! My MIL just bought a house in the redbank area for $69,000 about, but I think I saw a wolf running in her backyard last week.

ok that is ridiculous - see its comments like that that make NYers and LIers never want to come to NJ!

I live in Dunellen, its in Middlesex Cty, central NJ. We have a 4 BR house, full basement, attic, living room, tv room , dining room, big kitchen, garage, nice sized yard, and we paid under 300k. I commute to the city and it takes me about 1 to 1.5 hrs. We have fresh air (no pollution!), nice neighbors, and the traffic and prices are not anything like LI.

You may want to check out Bergen County since it is near the border of NY state. Although it can be pricy depending on the area. There are also some areas in Sussex Cty which are a little more rural but really nice and affordable. Another one is Morris county, a few nice towns are Rockaway, Dover , Netcong, Boonton. If you go to realtor.com and click on Map Search, check out those 3 counties.

Sweetie2004 Posted: Oct 17, 2004 10:30 AM+

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Posted: Oct 17, 2004 10:30 AM

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thanks so much MrsTc! I really love your house! I checked out dunellen but it's about 1hr 45min from my job - a tad too far

but I'll keep looking!

september2004 Posted: Oct 17, 2004 03:55 PM+

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Posted: Oct 17, 2004 03:55 PM

Re: new jersey girls....

we are on the hunt as well...

currently DH and i live in hoboken and we are trying to figure out if we should rent for a couple more years and buy a house, or try to find a condo next year and try to stay put for 4 or 5 years then upgrade...

i work in jersey and DH works in manhattan. we think we are tied to the jersey side for now because of my job. where we look depends on whether we decided to buy or rent - we see an accountant next we to crunch the numbers...

what about rockland county in NY for you? what about westchester (i know westchester very well as i grew up there)?

septbride Posted: Oct 18, 2004 10:29 AM+

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Posted: Oct 18, 2004 10:29 AM

Re: new jersey girls....

If you work in Westchester you might want to check out areas by the GW Bridge ( Bergen & Hudson). I used to work in Westchester ( Rye, NY) and live in Essex County and the commute was horrible. Where I live in Essex County is under 15 miles from the GW Bridge.

I know everyone says but it's a reverse commute. I would spend about 2 1/2- 3 hours a day in the car and for some reason Friday's were hell. Sorry I just want to be honest with you.

Anyway, after 6 months of that commute I now work in NJ.

DjPiLL Posted: Oct 18, 2004 05:10 PM+

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Posted: Oct 18, 2004 05:10 PM

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Posted by bea77

but I think I saw a wolf running in her backyard last week.

LOL... at least you didn't see bigfoot running around instead.

Anyways... i'll definitely be checking out NJ property when it comes time to look.

Sassyz75 Posted: Oct 18, 2004 05:37 PM+

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Posted: Oct 18, 2004 05:37 PM

Re: new jersey girls....

I love NJ- I live in Jersey City now- and we'll probably stay in NJ when we are ready to move & buy

luvsun27 Posted: Oct 18, 2004 09:09 PM+

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Posted: Oct 18, 2004 09:09 PM

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I am in NJ also....Bergen County. Although...the prices are not much better than LI. We just bought a 50 year old 3BR cape cod...for $375K. It was pretty much in move-in condition, but we are going to do some renovation and dormer the top of the cape for some more living space....but I really like the neighborhood....we are in Elmwood Park. Good luck!

spel Posted: Oct 19, 2004 08:16 PM+

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Posted: Oct 19, 2004 08:16 PM

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we love it in NJ. would never move back to LI now. we're out in morristown (morris county) which is too far to commute to westchester. its so beautiful out here. lots of land and trees. its so different from where i grew up in nassau county. check out bergen county & possibly hudson. pricey because they are closer to the city. not much cheaper than LI unfortunately.

jozieb0925 Posted: Oct 22, 2004 10:49 AM+

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Posted: Oct 22, 2004 10:49 AM

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Posted by spel

we love it in NJ. would never move back to LI now. we're out in morristown (morris county) which is too far to commute to westchester. its so beautiful out here. lots of land and trees. its so different from where i grew up in nassau county. check out bergen county & possibly hudson. pricey because they are closer to the city. not much cheaper than LI unfortunately.

I just moved to NJ as well. We live in Baskingridge. I commute to the city everyday by NJ Transit.

SPEL - I was just in Morristown last night for happy hour. I loved it!!! It's the best town ever and soooo cute! I wish we lived there. Baskingridge is probably 20 minutes from Morristown.

MrsTC Posted: Oct 22, 2004 02:46 PM+

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Posted: Oct 22, 2004 02:46 PM