Re:Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
by dolinsky on Monday February 26, 2018 @05:41PM
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"It depends"
As someone who has gone through this for some 20 yrs, it's usually a faster commute to travel from Hoboken to pretty much anywhere along/south of the PATH line during peak hours (so 34th down to the southern tip of Manhattan) versus a starting point of the UES/UWS (which is where the comparable housing exists).
My commute from Hoboken to various startup locations in NYC was consistently ~45 minutes door to door, versus an hour for my friends on the UES/UWS.
Re:Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
by lotsofpulp on Monday February 26, 2018 @06:03PM
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Hoboken might as well be a borough of NYC, as well as the waterfront part of Jersey City. I was referring to places most think of when raising a family and wanting to own a home with a driveway.
Re:Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
by RHSeeger on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:08PM
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On the other hand, for NYC most of your commute is by train. Resting on the train is a lot less stressful than driving.
Re:Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
by lotsofpulp on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:09PM
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Wouldn't be bad if the train was reliable, but if you monitor njtransit.com, it's late all too often, and if you have connecting trains then it will add to the stress.
If it was like Japan and you could actually make plans, then it wouldn't be so bad.
It's very difficult to plan anything on work days if you're commuting into NYC, and you get to pay super high rents and property taxes for states with huge deficits and infrastructure debt which means the situation won't get any better. Seattle offers better food, recreational activities, growing future, and no income tax. I'd say the weather is better too, but some people really miss the sun, but you can easily fly to a beach resort for multiple weekends of the year with the savings of not living in the NYC area.