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Three hours, seriously? That is no longer within the metro area of NY, not even close. If you're talking about suburban commuting, houses upstate in Westchester
by cylinder 12y ago
Three hours, seriously? That is no longer within the metro area of NY, not even close. If you're talking about suburban commuting, houses upstate in Westchester are still $1 million with a fat 3% property tax bill. The trains suck and have a history of safety issues and you have to spend 2 hours a day on one. No thanks.
Don't try to settle in the NY metro w/ a family unless you are in finance, your quality of life will suck. If you aren't living in the city there's no point to being here, I would much rather be somewhere like Utah, California, Wash state.
- Spooky23 12y agoI live and work in Albany. I drive 5 minutes to work. My family gets to hop on the Amtrak and enjoy the cultural advantages of NYC about once a month. We drive to places like the Bronx Zoo and Boston for various things. When I was a kid in Queens, getting to Manhattan via transit easily took 2 hours. My son gets all of the benefits of not living in NYC, and many of the advantages.
- cylinder 12y agoThere are basically five jobs in all of Albany outside of state government. Yes, many of us would love to live in quaint smaller/medium towns within sight of a major global city but there tends not to be much career opportunity there
- akgerber 12y agoIt's within range to work remotely and come in a couple days every couple weeks, while living in a lovely village in the mountains, and to take relatively easy weekend trips to the city, while paying Midwest-level real estate prices on lovely old houses. Not everyone's choice of lifestyle, but it's certainly a nice one.