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November 4th, 2009, 08:37 AM
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Northern New Jersey Transit
I am moving to Northern New Jersey next year and was researching towns that are convenient to live in without a car.
As long as I can do daily errands and get to Manhattan easily then I would be satisified. Please, list any towns that this is possible. This will help out a lot for the town that I choose to live in. Thanks 
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#2
November 4th, 2009, 09:21 AM
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Depends
How much are you willing to pay for rent?
How much are you willing to pay for travel into Manhattan? How close to NYC do you want to be? In fact where in Manhattan are you working? Do you prefer suburb, urban, or a gated/somewhat isolated section in a city(ie Newport, Society Hill in Jersey City)?
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#3
November 4th, 2009, 10:38 AM
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Many cities and towns have access to transit but walkable access and doing your daily chores depends on the town. So you'd have to supply more info and answers to Marv95's questions.
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November 5th, 2009, 03:35 AM
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November 7th, 2009, 07:16 PM
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November 9th, 2009, 09:13 AM
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November 9th, 2009, 08:40 PM
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not sure since I own a car, I would say pretty tough it's doable if your one car household but not completely without a car...I know people who take the bus to Manhattan while their wives commute by car to their jobs etc and the have one car in the family.
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November 10th, 2009, 01:48 AM
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^^^
Not really. I'll expand it to Central and Southeastern Bergen, Southern Passaic, Eastern Essex, and maybe Northern Union Counties. Basically, any place that is close to an NJ Transit train station, or bus stop with multiple full service lines, you should get along pretty good. I live in Clifton, and I get along just fine without a car for the most part.
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November 10th, 2009, 11:40 AM
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^^^Agreed. I grew up in the Lakeview section of Paterson (southern Passaic County). Lived there for a while after college while commuting to work in Midtown. My NJ Transit monthly train pass was pretty much all I needed to do all of my chores since it let me get on any bus and even the Newark subway and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail for free.
Many parts of Clifton and Passaic have even better mass transit. Montclair has 6 or 7 train stations! The Oranges, Nutley, Newark, Hackensack, North Bergen, Fort Lee, Hoboken, Jersey City, Union City, Secaucus, Elizabeth, even Morristown are other options, depending on what you're looking for in terms of price, safety, distance from New York, urban density, nightlife, etc.
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November 10th, 2009, 05:40 PM
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Unless you're out in the sticks or well north of Wayne, NJ, it is possible to be car-free.
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November 12th, 2009, 10:33 AM
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November 14th, 2009, 02:38 PM
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Harrison is a 20-minute direct train ride into the World Trade Center. Both condo units and rental units are about half the cost per square foot of what they are in Jersey City, and you don't have to fight your way onto the PATH during rush hour unlike how it is at Grove Street and other locations in Jersey City and Hoboken.
And, according to statistics, the crime rate per capita in Harrison is lower than it is in Hoboken.
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