Tri state area house under 500k

amother

Dodgerblue

Mon, Feb 11 2019, 10:33 pm

doctorima wrote:

Yes, but you then have to pay city income taxes on top of state income taxes, so it somewhat balances out.

A lot of people who live in the suburbs work in the city.

amother

Chartreuse

Mon, Feb 11 2019, 11:20 pm

Don't forget if you work in nyc but live in nj, you file both NY & nj state taxes.
Our property taxes in passaic are 21,000 a year. It is rediculous.
Traffic to the city gets bad as well, especially with the construction on Rt 495 & Lincoln tunnel.

amother

Royalblue

Tue, Feb 12 2019, 9:17 am

The commute from the last stop on monsey (flea market) to the first stop in Manhattan (before B&H) took 40 min this morning. And that's because 3/4 of the daily commuters stayed home due to the impending snowstorm. The roads were empty. For the people who needed to get to wall street it took a lot longer obviously.

Take Monsey off your list.

amother

Natural

Tue, Feb 12 2019, 9:37 am

Generally property taxes in Clifton are somewhat lower than in Passaic, probably because Clifton has a larger tax base. I have heard about an effort to expand the frum community into Nutley, which is adjacent to Clifton and might be cheaper.