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Arodisi
"My 3 Sons!"
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KT
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Re: New Paltz area
my family has a house in gardiner (very small town right btwn newburgh and new paltz). We love to go up there - especially during the changing seasons, but I can never stay more than a week at a time. New Paltz is definitely a very artsy college town. if you visit, you will definitely see that.
there is a lot of new development in the area too...i was up there last in oct and was so surprised by all the new homes being built.
Message edited 11/19/2006 10:09:38 PM.
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Re: New Paltz area
Posted by lorich
A "quieter" lifestyle it is...sometimes it can be tooooooo quiet. Needless to say from the people I went to school with the ones that moved on - out of the areas are the ones that have gone somewhere and actually did something, with their lives. The ones that have stayed....either are drug addicts, alcohols or got pregnant at an early age. In other words....this is "what there was to do" up there.
I actually could write the same thing except I grew up in Queens/LI so I don't really think it has all that much to do with having a "quieter" lifestyle 
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| Posted 11/20/06 12:35 AM |
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Re: New Paltz area
Posted by bayla
i live in orange county now, in a town called Harriman (by the woodbury commons) and we love it up here, it is so pretty. i am from westchester county and DH is from rockland and it was just to damn expensive to get a place in either counties so we decided to go 25 min north and settled for our area. Our school district is one of the best in the area. Their is a TON of shopping, its not like we live in the hicks or anything although their are town that are like that but they are more north then us. I am a good 35-40 min from newburgh/new paltz area. If you are considering newburgh, be careful their are a lot of not so great areas their, i dont know much about new paltz other then its def a college town, if you need any info on towns by me feel free to FM me. it is quiet up here but we really dont care, i am not a city girl and want to raise my child with plenty of room to run and play.
We are in Southern Orange Cty too, Love It.
Only thing that bothers me actually is all the new development (including shopping) but what are ya gonna do.... as someone said it is the fastest growing county in NY.
Housing prices are starting to level out, and sales slowing a bit.
Our town has great recreation for kids and a highly desired school district.
We are not colder than LI, most times Islip is reporting colder temps than us.
And its rare that we get a storm that LI does not get.
FM me if you like 
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| Posted 11/20/06 12:42 AM |
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Eleanor
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Member since 2/06 2223 total posts
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Ellie
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Re: New Paltz area
I had a friend who grew up in Hopewell Junction - such a cute town!
Also, one from Washingtonville.
they both loved the area.
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| Posted 11/20/06 11:21 AM |
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Palebride
I am an amazing bakist
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Re: New Paltz area
Another town I've heard nice things about is Coxsackie.....I have friends who have been living there for a few years and they love it.
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| Posted 11/20/06 5:44 PM |
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dandr10199
Grace is growing up too fast!
Member since 10/05 11561 total posts
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Re: New Paltz area
Posted by Goldi0218
You may want to look at Newburgh. DH's uncle is a doctor there. I think it is a little more built up but not terribly metropolitan - pretty laid back.
Newburgh has some very bad areas and a few good ones. I live in Orange County (Monroe) and relocated here from LI. Feel free to ask me any questions.
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| Posted 11/20/06 8:31 PM |
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dandr10199
Grace is growing up too fast!
Member since 10/05 11561 total posts
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Re: New Paltz area
Posted by -DonnaMarie-
Posted by bayla
i live in orange county now, in a town called Harriman (by the woodbury commons) and we love it up here, it is so pretty. i am from westchester county and DH is from rockland and it was just to damn expensive to get a place in either counties so we decided to go 25 min north and settled for our area. Our school district is one of the best in the area. Their is a TON of shopping, its not like we live in the hicks or anything although their are town that are like that but they are more north then us. I am a good 35-40 min from newburgh/new paltz area. If you are considering newburgh, be careful their are a lot of not so great areas their, i dont know much about new paltz other then its def a college town, if you need any info on towns by me feel free to FM me. it is quiet up here but we really dont care, i am not a city girl and want to raise my child with plenty of room to run and play.
We are in Southern Orange Cty too, Love It.
Only thing that bothers me actually is all the new development (including shopping) but what are ya gonna do.... as someone said it is the fastest growing county in NY.
Housing prices are starting to level out, and sales slowing a bit.
Our town has great recreation for kids and a highly desired school district.
We are not colder than LI, most times Islip is reporting colder temps than us.
And its rare that we get a storm that LI does not get.
FM me if you like
I ditto what Donna & Bayla said. I work in RE up here and it has slowed down to a more sustainable rate of growth. FM me too if you want to. We love it here too! I love the fact that there is development up here. Good Luck!
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Florence
LIF Infant
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Re: New Paltz area
I live in Hopewell Junction (Dutchess Cty) and I love it. It was rated as one of the best places to live by CNN Money in 2005.
Feel free to ask me any questions about Dutchess.. Also, Newburgh is divided into The City and The Town. I know the City is terrible, very, very, very, bad. The town is supposed to be nice but a little too close to the bad in my opinion. There are also parts that share the same school district.
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| Posted 11/20/06 11:05 PM |
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Re: New Paltz area
Posted by conigs25
Posted by MrsProfessor
Newburgh has good areas and not-so-good areas- and I think the schools are iffy.
Orange County (which is where Newburgh is located) is the fastest growing county in NY State (I read this in the Journal News, the Westchester/Rockland/Putnam area daily) so I am not sure what this will mean for real estate prices down the line- right now, it's less expensive than LI but I don't know if that will change.
DH and I bought a house in Putnam County last year. We love it here. Our house would have likely been at least $50-60k more on LI, but taxes are still high. However, I like the quiet and more rural feel, and I love that we can get on the highway to go to the mall at 5 pm and actually drive (most of the time!)
I agree. DH and i want a "quiter" , "less pressured" lifestyle. We just feel like LI doesnt meet our needs or interests. Plus, the traffic here is SO ridiculous and we have HAD it!! 
I couldn't agree more. We are relocating also.
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