The list prices don't mean much, people bid hundreds of thousands over list in places like Montclair. It's ridiculous

Most towns will have homes that go from your budget or less to $2 million or more depending on the house

It’s not like every town has a specific price range

> our first home in Jersey

FYI: It's New Jersey.

Don't they are a bunch of assholes.

Second that - rent for a year before buying. Also spend days and weekends in the towns you are interested in.

Clifton is the best but it sounds like Bloomfield would be good for the thread starter

Midtown is for plebs

Not if you work in 1 penn plaza.

More new yorkers in jersey. At this point i think NY should just annex NJ, they love moving here but still wanna be close to NYC.

I just looked on Zillow and there is a 3 bedroom on a quarter acre for 600k

A 45 minute train ride is not an hour commute, more like an hour 15 to 30 - you have travel time on both ends

Source - did this shit before

They are beautiful! Protect them at all costs

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Really?? I could show you homes in my town with good schools and a 45 minute train ride to NYC that are within that price range.

You can get a small older house in Metuchen for around that. Good schools and a 45 minute train ride to the city.

Paterson is lovely this time of year i heard

Personally I think nj is getting to expensive because of all the New Yorkers moving in. In a state like Connecticut you could get more for your value. Although if you insist on moving to nj I would recommend Montclair. They have a huge downtown with plenty of dining and shopping options that almost feels like the city. They are half an hour to city by train. It is very diverse. The houses are also close together and has friendly people. I know some friends from the city that are considering moving there to. You’ll meet a lot of people like minded to ideology’s that people have in the city. I would definitely considering looking into Montclair. If you do I can put you intouch with friends of mine that live there.

East rutherford / carlstadt. You can find a house with a view of the city skyline that meets your requirements. Low taxes.

I’ve been around since Moses was wearing short pants.

I suggested Clifton too. The elementary schools are good/decent. But every grading I’ve ever seen for the high school is that it is garbage.

If your kid is actually a good student you can always look at sending your kid to a charter/county high school instead. I recently moved out of Clifton, and had some neighbors in public high school that wasn’t Clifton High school.

Well, when you say home, I’m not sure if that means you are looking at condos or not. I would say take a look at Clifton, NJ. Near the delawanna train station.

There is a big condo complex there, and the single family homes match your budget. All walkable to the delawanna train station.

The commute is 1 hour to NYC.

The elementary schools are ok. The high school has a terrible reputation though. But there are county high schools. Magnet/charter or whatever. If your kids are good students they can probably get into one of those.

30 years ago? You that old???

Well apologies ig I just never heard of it...

Mapping the ocean floor using high frequency sonar.

You aren’t going to get all that with that commute on that budget