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>>17730763
Northern jersey in the NYC metro area is basically having access to everything in NYC, but without living somewhere that smells like sewage and being able to afford a little house or condo with a yard on a normal person’s salary. Also basically no crime in comparison, and the people are friendlier. Actual Manhattan dwellers get very salty about any reminder that they are hemorrhaging money and dodging criminals at night to be ten minutes closer to broadway.
When I first moved here I rented a 2bd condo with a yard for less than what a coworker was paying for a temporary-walled 10x8 room in a shared apartment in Hell’s Kitchen. We both worked in the financial district and it took me maybe 15 minutes longer to get to work.
NYC is fun. Living in Manhattan is just a money pit for social climber types.