What New Jersey suburbs are a.) commutable to Philly and b.) nice places to live?

[GasX]

Ideally it would be less than an hour commute - train better than car and be a town that has some life or sense of community. Farm country and urban sprawl need not apply...

 

[aphex]

I grew up in beautiful West Milford, NJ... But im pretty sure its more than an hour from Philly

 

[GasX]

WAY more than an hour, but it is a very nice place - in fact, it is just the right kind of community.

 

[LeeTJ]

Don't move to NJ, move to Delaware. 1/2 the costs and the same commute to Philly.

btw, where in Philly? north south east or west?

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
Don't move to NJ, move to Delaware. 1/2 the costs and the same commute to Philly.

btw, where in Philly? north south east or west?

Has to be NJ for access to relatives in NYC/CT area. The job is in downtown Philly.

p.s. wish me luck on my interview tomorrow...

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
Don't move to NJ, move to Delaware. 1/2 the costs and the same commute to Philly.

btw, where in Philly? north south east or west?

Has to be NJ for access to relatives in NYC/CT area. The job is in downtown Philly.

p.s. wish me luck on my interview tomorrow...

Then anywhere between Newtown, PA and Lawrenceville, NJ is GREAT.

Lawrenceville Train station = Great Access to NYC

and it's only about 45 minutes to downtown philly when it's not heavy traffic.

 

[GasX]

Anyone familiar with Medford / Medford Lakes?

 

[Grey]

lawrenceville is nice, northern Ewing is ok and cheaper.

 

[LeeTJ]

btw, you looking to buy a house or rent?

we just saw these GREAT apartments in Lawrenceville.

they were built to be townhomes but the builder decided to rent them out instead.

1700 sq ft, 2 bedroom

or 1800 st ft 3 bedroom

including 2 car garage and everything.

 

[GasX]

Would be buying a house in the 500-600K range

 

[Trader05]

I live a little outside Trenton, Hamilton Township/Mercerville. Not bad of a town, pretty nice, but the taxes are sky high. My mom commutes to center city philly everyday by train (septa), takes about an hour. Also they just built a new Amtrak station about a mile away from where i live and i see those trains go by, don't wanna be stuck on the tracks when that comes, they fly!

 

[LeeTJ]

West Windsors not bad but a tad bit higher than that.

for that price range, Newtown would really be best. Great neighborhood. Really really nice.

 

[LarryS]

I live in Sewell, NJ (Washington Township/South Jersey) and love it. It's a 15 min ride to Philly and it's a really nice area. It's about 35 mins from Delaware and 40 mins from Atlantic City.

 

[GasX]

Sewell is a bit too far south...

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
Don't move to NJ, move to Delaware. 1/2 the costs and the same commute to Philly.

btw, where in Philly? north south east or west?

yeah, move to delaware...if you dont mind living in 1956.

 

[glenn1]

Anyone familiar with Medford / Medford Lakes?

Nice area but apartments are on the expensive side. I presume housing prices mirror the high rents.

 

[Grey]

West Windsor is a little expensive, might be out of the 500K range. Plainsboro which is 2 minutes up route 1 is cheaper and has lots of 500K houses going up.

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: Grey
West Windsor is a little expensive, might be out of the 500K range. Plainsboro which is 2 minutes up route 1 is cheaper and has lots of 500K houses going up.

actually, toll brothers is building a development right behind Carnegie center off route 1, that are in the 500k range. great location.

West Windsor township.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: Grey
West Windsor is a little expensive, might be out of the 500K range. Plainsboro which is 2 minutes up route 1 is cheaper and has lots of 500K houses going up.

actually, toll brothers is building a development right behind Carnegie center off route 1, that are in the 500k range. great location.

West Windsor township.

Any chance you could find an MLS number for one of those properties?

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Ideally it would be less than an hour commute - train better than car and be a town that has some life or sense of community. Farm country and urban sprawl need not apply...

Cherry Hill?

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Dr Smooth

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Ideally it would be less than an hour commute - train better than car and be a town that has some life or sense of community. Farm country and urban sprawl need not apply...

Cherry Hill?

Hmmmm..
A little on the Expensive side but you gotta love the indoor pool...

 

[dmw16]

I grew up/still live in when not here at school in Mount Laurel. Really nice town. It is about 40min to philly depending on traffic. Nice place to live. Good schools. But the houses can be expensive.

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: Grey
West Windsor is a little expensive, might be out of the 500K range. Plainsboro which is 2 minutes up route 1 is cheaper and has lots of 500K houses going up.

actually, toll brothers is building a development right behind Carnegie center off route 1, that are in the 500k range. great location.

West Windsor township.

Any chance you could find an MLS number for one of those properties?

check out their website instead.



it is really a great location. only negative is $15k or so / year in taxes.

btw web site says princeton, but it's west windsor school district.

 

[NeoMadHatter]

cherry hill is awesome. i live there. medford is pretty nice too. mt. laurel is nice. they're all pretty good communities. don't go to the west side of cherry hill though. not very nice.

 

[CastorTr0y]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Sewell is a bit too far south...

Too far south for what? I live in Turnersville (right next) to sewell and it takes me like 20 min to get to work in Philly. It's a nice area, and easy commute to Philly.