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What is a safe, accessible, quality schooled, pleasant non-flood prone burb good for a young NYC professional family that works in the Penn Station area?
I just read about the town and it sounds great but it is close to the water and seems to have had signicant sandy damage. Is that a common problem along the rail line that goes into Penn Station?
ROTFL. You do realize half the people on the board ask the exact same question, right? You could check out older threads, or you could answer the questions in the sticky at the top of the board. Or just pick a town along a train line, look up the schools, and look up the flood maps. To overgeneralize outrageously towns near large bodies of water got hit by Sandy, towns with rivers got hit by Irene, and the Gladstone branch towns seem to get the worst wind.
I just read about the town and it sounds great but it is close to the water and seems to have had signicant sandy damage. Is that a common problem along the rail line that goes into Penn Station?
The southern end of Middletown is far away from the shore and any major water body. Hence, flooding should not be a major concern for you. Rail line from Middletown to NYC seems to be back to normal in terms of operations.
Here is the schedule. Aim for the 6:41 AM train to reach by 8:00 AM:
Else, look into towns in Northern NJ like Morris plains and Short hills. These areas are significantly more expensive and congested compared to Middletown, hence I did not suggest them for you. I am not sure about schools in these areas either, but check out Moderator cut: link removed, linking to competitor sites is not allowed and see if you like them.
There are a lot. Most NJ Transit trains run into Penn Station somehow, with some lines (like the Northeast Corridor) direct and others (like the Raritan Valley Line) requiring switching trains in Newark or Secaucus. No matter the line or station, many NJ suburbs are easily accessible to Penn Station, and making the switch isn't difficult. I'd look into Summit, Westfield, Cranford, Middletown, Millburn, for some. Of course, it also depends on your budget - the towns I mentioned are pretty nice.
Here's a link to the NJ Transit map that shows lines and towns, it should be very helpful for you:
What is a safe, accessible, quality schooled, pleasant non-flood prone burb good for a young NYC professional family that works in the Penn Station area?
That would be....most of northern + central NJ. Go get an NJ Transit map.
- Safe
- Top Schools
- Very active train station (trains every 15 minutes during rush hour, every 30 minutes otherwise)
- Express trains
- Doesn't flood.
- Was previously awarded the best town in the nation to raise a family.
You need a car (obviously - considering it's a suburb).
The question is hilarious. It screams "I am totally unfamiliar with NJ!"
OP, please realize that a couple hundred thousand people commute into the city from NJ every day from hundreds of towns, MOST of which don't flood. There is no one answer. Provide some more info and we can help you better.
I would advise the Original Poster to choose an area at least 0.5 miles away from any water body if he/she is worried about flooding. South Brunswick would be a very good choice as well, but it's too sprawled out in my opinion.
North Brunswick will have a train station in 3 years (Hope ), and is an amazing choice if you don't mind riding the bus for a couple years. A new park and ride facility to NYC should be ready at the end of my street by Christmas.
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), and is an amazing choice if you don't mind riding the bus for a couple years. A new park and ride facility to NYC should be ready at the end of my street by Christmas.
