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amother

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 4:57 am

Reading all these lakewood threads make me realize living in lakewood is not good for me. I’m a perfectionist, always feel like I’m in a big rat race, and would love to slow down.
That being said, I am an in towner. I will always be, I grew up my whole life in town. Are there any neighborhoods with lower costs of living and good quality of life that an in towner can feel comfortable in?
PLEASE don’t hijack the thread to tell me I’m not wanted in out of town communities. Oot for me just means not lakewood Brooklyn monsey or 5 towns. And I would be respectful of anywhere where I would go. But reality is I can’t move somewhere extremely out of town

So far people have mentioned Cleveland and Waterbury

mha3484

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 5:01 am

Chicago especially peterson park. West Rogers Park is a big mix of all kinds and peterson park is more lakewood ish.

amother

Seashell

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 5:15 am

Maybe Queens? But it’s probably too expensive to live there. There are yeshiva families who live in queens. I have no idea how they do it since the cost of living is high but I don’t think there is extreme social pressure/ clothing pressure etc like Lakewood has.

You know what sounds nice? Twin rivers- about 1/2 hour away from Lakewood. Very few frum families live there but there is a nice small frum community. Housing is much cheaper. Kids can travel to their Lakewood schools. There are some Lakewood families who wanted to get away from it all and moved to twin rivers.

Also Waterbury might be a good option.

Are you really going to move?? Does your husband want to move?

amother

Red

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 7:31 am

Passaic comes to mind as a reasonable compromise. Geographically it's close enough to everything in-town that you're used to, but it's a bit more suburban. As far as the people, there are definitely plenty of in-towners who've moved there, but it prides itself on being much less into labels and flash and much more into each person doing what works for them. Staten Island and Edison/Highland Park are other options worth looking into.

amother

Bronze

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 7:40 am

amother Seashell wrote:

IMHO Twin Rivers is a satellite of Lakewood, and as more people will move in, standards will slowly creep us. If the kids are in lakewood school they'll also see all the gashmius around them.
I think Baltimore fits the bill more than Waterbury.

amother

Jade

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 7:41 am

Passaic
Baltimore

amother

Grape

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 7:43 am

Bayswayer
North woodmere

amother

Milk

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 7:44 am

amother Grape wrote:

Bayswayer
North woodmere

More gashmius than Lakewood. Major rat race in five towns especially north woodmere. The opposite of what op is looking for.

amother

Ruby

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 9:23 am

amother Red wrote:

I agree with what you said about Passaic but housing there is a fortune and full tuition is about $12k. OP asked for lower costs of living.

OP, tuition in Lakewood is very low, wherever you move it will likely go up. And there’s almost no cheap housing to be found in the tri state except Waterbury.

amother

Cerulean

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 9:38 am

Come to Israel! I also grew up in town, Lakewood. But I'm living here for a few years and can't think of moving back! People here are so much more real.. . The cost of living I feel is so much cheaper too.

amother

Iris

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 9:40 am

Another vote for Waterbury. The best.

amother

Seashell

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 9:45 am

amother Cerulean wrote:

I wish… but my kids are teens. Not an easy time for them to relocate…
Which neighborhood do you recommend?
Ramat beit shemesh? Givat ze’ev?

amother

Cerulean

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 10:07 am

I believe in sticking with Americans makes life easier! Romema, Ramat Eshkol. Ramat Shlomo is really nice too there's a new area and people are really happy there.

amother

Sage

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 10:22 am

amother Cerulean wrote:

I believe in sticking with Americans makes life easier! Romema, Ramat Eshkol. Ramat Shlomo is really nice too there's a new area and people are really happy there.

Do you know how expensive RE is? Where do you live?

amother

Springgreen

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 10:59 am

Op I am the same as you. We are iyH moving to Waterbury as soon as we can get everything in place.

amother

Birch

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 11:04 am

Passaic - housing prices are not that much more than Lakewood prices although you do get more for your money in lkwd. The schools work with you with tuition.

amother

Snowflake

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 3:59 pm

amother Bronze wrote:

If the kids are still in lkwd schools the gashmiyus will be the same. Maybe cheaper housing but that’s all you’ll accomplish

Baltimore came to mind as soon as I read the op

momofone613

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 4:07 pm

Highland Park/Edison Community is great! Schools are welcoming (no issues getting in) resteraunts, a bakery, and close enough that you can drive to lakewood to do shopping if you want. (Not necessarily needed tho)

amother

Grape

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 6:45 pm

amother Milk wrote:

More gashmius than Lakewood. Major rat race in five towns especially north woodmere. The opposite of what op is looking for.

Lol do u live here? More gashmius than Lakewood?? That’s laughable. There’s a huge mix of pple here. Lots of low key super friendly warm people.

amother

Milk

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 6:56 pm

amother Grape wrote:

Lol do u live here? More gashmius than Lakewood?? That’s laughable. There’s a huge mix of pple here. Lots of low key super friendly warm people.

Yeah I moved from there to Lakewood so I feel I can compare. Way more gashmius in five towns can’t even compare. Lakewood has way more low key people. Do you live here, doesn’t sound like it.

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