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Originally Posted by BritishEscapee
Dear All,
Have been finding your posts v. interesting but I have a specific question. We are hoping to move from the UK to the US for many reasons - better quality of life, more mertitocratic, better schools but also in the hope of escaping terrible UK snobs - basically state schools in UK are so bad on the whole that we have had to educate our son in private school where there are too many terrible snobs. We hear that US state schools can be v. good, so hope that our academic, sporty 9 yr old son can get a good education there whilst at the same time escaping snobs. At the same time, we'd like my husband's commute to be less than the current 2 hours - in fact closer to 40 mins - 1hr max. We hear taking the ferry from NJ is good for this as husband will work on Wall Street (sadly not in mega bucks job!) - question is: Which NJ area is best for schools, brief commute whilst still having affordable (c. under $500,000) homes in nice safe neighbourhoods with lots of greenery / fields ideally (we have a dog which I can currently allow free rein of Suffolk UK fields). Is this possible even or am I looking at expensive neighbourhood which is therefore snobby (as would be the case in the UK usually outside of London)? Is NJ best area for having neighbours which tend to be nice non-snobby people - I assume commutable Connecticut is more snobby or am I wrong? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this! Thank you.  |
I will speak to one of your concerns which has yet to be addressed: your dog. Firstly, are you up to speed on the regulations related to the import and quarantine of pets? If not, please review this site
CDC - Bringing an Animal into U.S.: Dogs - Animal Importation . You should also be aware that dogs must be on leads (or leashes as we call them here) when they are walked. If you want to let your dog roam about on your property, you will need a fenced yard or an electronic invisible fence. Many communities have fenced in dog parks where you can take your dog to run free. I live in Morristown where we have 2 nice dog parks nearby but alas the snob factor is off the charts here (one of the reasons we plan on leaving once our children are out of school). Good Luck with your move!
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