Hello Guys, My husband and i are going to be moving to New Jersey and we are looking for good cities to live?
in.My husband is going to be working in Manhattan and i would be working as a nurse. Where can we find nice affordable apartments that would be at least 30 to 40 minutes away from all the chaos and most importantly good security. Also what are the job prospects for me in the nursing world. Thank you very much in advance and i would really appreciate any useful information.
You don’t give enough information. For example, what do you consider “nice” and “affordable”? As you surely are aware if you are moving here, NJ is one of the most expensive places to live in the country. $1000 a month is the cheapest rent for a one-bedroom you will find in an area that’s safe, but usually the rents are higher.
What do you mean by “all the chaos”? If you mean the city, you need to be schooled on geography a bit here. There is a mile-wide, fast-moving river called the Hudson between the island of Manhattan and northern New Jersey. A quarter million people are trying to cross it every day using one bridge, two vehicular tunnels, two rail tunnels and a few ferries. Therefore, 30 to 40 minutes from Manhattan means you live right on the Jersey side of the river, and that means you live in mostly urban areas like Jersey City or Hoboken that are either very expensive or ghetto. If that’s not what you meant by “all the chaos”, please explain. Most people consider themselves lucky if their commute to Manhattan is an hour each way. Mine is 2 hours, but that’s because I chose to live closer to the ocean. A usual commute from the suburbs is an hour and 20, or an hour and a half. Your choice might also depend upon WHERE in Manhattan your husband will be working.
You could start by looking at the NJ Transit website, pull up the schedules, see what towns are within an acceptable commute for you, and then check out Realtor.com to see if they are within your budget. You might check out Rutherford–not a bad commute, decent town, and more affordable than some of the others.
I don’t think you’ll have a hard time finding a nursing job. It seems that there are more jobs in the medical field right now than anything else.
PS–Middletown is on my train line. It is NOT a 40-minute ride. It is at least one hour to Penn Station, and if your husband works downtown in the financial district, you don’t want to go into Penn Station–you want to go to Hoboken and then take the PATH train into the city from there.
rayotter’s got the demographics down, though. LOL on Keansburg–I looked for a place to live there, and he is right.
