Moving to condo close to NYC ideas?

mattmom
Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:29:52 +0000

Might look at Westfield and Summit–both Union County towns with real downtowns. Summit has Midtown Direct; Westfield does not have Midtown Direct but does have good service to Newark Penn Station with option then of PATH or NJ Transit to city. I think there is a big lifestyle difference between the towns right on the river like Fort Lee and Weehawken and the close-in suburbs like Montclair, South Orange, Summit, and so on. Pricing aside, they are very different kinds of places, with the “real” suburbs having much more school- and child-oriented atmosphere. Lots of nice houses, with condos as an afterthought and not necessarily the core of the community.