Follow-up on my NJ question from the other day

[NewJeffCT]

How about the towns of Glen Ridge, Millburn & Livingston? The schools seem pretty good there, and it's a bit cheaper than Bergen County.

Here is the original thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7499164&mesg_id=7499164

[NewJeffCT]

1. morning kick

thanks

[LostinVA]

2. Those are all nice towns

Especially Glen Ridge and Millburn. Millburn also has a train right into Secaucus.

[NewJeffCT]

3. thanks

that was helpful about the trains.

[LostinVA]

4. You're really close to the City, but yet in nice suburbs

Closeish to the Shore, etc. Maplewood is also nice, except Tom Cruise is from there, so be careful.

:scared:

Just remember that everything in NONJ is a 20 minutes drive from everything else, even if it really isn't. EVERYBODY says that here, and now even I do. "How far is the City from where you live?" "20 Minutes." "How far is the Delaware Water Gap?" "20 minutes." "Are you close to NY state?" "It's about 20 minutes away." None of this is true, of course.

Oh, except for that Shore. That's really far away -- at least an hour.

[NewJeffCT]

5. I've driven through northern Jersey a thousand times

but, it was mostly on the highways, either 95 or the Garden State Pkwy - my ex-wife was from a bit south of Atlantic City, so I'm more familiar with that section of the state, even though I've only been to south Jersey once this century.

[LostinVA]

8. Oh -- I'm from that part of SONJ, too!

PM me what town she's from!

[lost-in-nj]

6. I just read your other thread

and I to would say Wayne also. It does have flooding in the areas right next to the river.
in bad floods the highways do close and actually the road around the mall is closed.. that being said not all of it floods. Packanack lake is a man made lake in a valley so all the houses are on hills.... worse in the winter.
Lived here all my life and never had to swim
. Another town with decent schools is Pequannock right next door to Wayne nit has its flood problems to but its not the WHOLE town and if you do look in these towns let me know and I can help with neighborhoods and whether or not they flood. Most of the towns have mass transit
Wayne has busses and a train station.


I have to riding but will come back and write some more or answer any questions. ...

Oh yeah and we are only 20 minutes away from lostinVA, Haruka and OMC!!



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lost

[NewJeffCT]

7. thanks

I've never met a DUer in person yet...

and, back when I used to work in a company that had a branch in North Carolina, I remember them always telling me that they'd get something to me in 15 minutes. This was at 9am in the morning. yet, after lunch, I'd still be waiting for them. Then, maybe by the end of the day, I'd get the report, or I'd have to call them up the next morning again.

[LostinVA]

9. Maybe we should all go to teh Shore together -- even if that's a long way

At least an hour.

The people who live in Wayne are bonkers!!!!!!

[TommyO]

14. I'll be down teh Shore this weekend

My mom lives in the Toms River area and I'll definitely be doing a winter boardwalk visit to Seaside.

[LostinVA]

10. Maybe we should all go to teh Shore together -- even if that's a long way

At least an hour.

The people who live in Wayne are bonkers!!!!!!

[kwassa]

11. My brother is in South Orange, right next to Maplewood.

He literally has the boundry next to his house. Very pretty area that he lives in. He doesn't have school-age kids, so I don't know what they are like. He is restoring his house, an early 1900s Queen Anne.

[NewJeffCT]

12. thanks

neither my wife & I are very handy, so if we have to do any restoration, we'd have to have a contractor do it.

[soleft]

13. Maplewood is gorgeous

The little town around the train station is really cool. It even has an old time movie theater.

[kwassa]

15. My brother takes the train there into Manhattan every day.

Pretty easy commute. I know the downtown area you are talking about.