New Jersey housing costs are completely crazy as well, at least for the places that have a reasonable commute to NYC. In addition to the high cost of the house

New Jersey housing costs are completely crazy as well, at least for the places that have a reasonable commute to NYC. In addition to the high cost of the houses, you have to factor in the absolutely crazy property taxes. If you don't buy a house but instead rent, larger complexes have insane "maintenance fees".