Newbie from New Jersey

Ah, taxes are no bargain here either. There are few businesses to add to the tax base. I pay just shy of $10,000 on a fairly average home. It didn't used to be that way... when we moved here in '95, my taxes were $3,300. Went up nearly $7,000 in 12 years.

What moving here does for you is allow you to buy more house for the money.

I love being out here, but, of course, a lot of people have done that and it now can take me nearly 3 hours to get 40 mi. into New York City at rush hour. Off rush about an hour. Fortunately, I do that trip rarely, but lots do it daily.
 
yeap, that commute is the only thing that stops me from buying out there. My dad did it for 10 years before he retired, I considered going out there but couldn't fathom the commute. My commute now, 1.5 minutes... I could walk if I wasn't always late, LOL
 
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