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NS1976
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Can you help me out?
Can anyone name some upstate areas that arent too far from the city. For example, New City I think is in Rockland County.
If you know of any nice areas, please list them here..nothing as far as orange county though. Thank you!
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Nice for what? Living? Visiting? Shopping?
If its for living, what is important--train/bus routes, school districts, taxes, housing prices?
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:22 PM |
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longford73
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I have friends that live in Blauvelt & Pearl River. Both are really nice to live in and close to shopping. The Palisades Mall is close by. I think they're Exits 6E & 6W on the Palisades.
If you're looking for a home check out www.joycerealty.com
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:26 PM |
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NS1976
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Re: Can you help me out?
Yes for living. I am looking for good school districts, good prices, easy commute into the city but with the upstate feel.
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:31 PM |
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Eva Luna
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One of my co-workers lives in Orange County...Newburgh is the city, she loves it. And she commutes to midtown daily.
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:32 PM |
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MrsPorkChop
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tarrytown
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:33 PM |
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Putnam County?
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:33 PM |
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lorich
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Posted by Eva Luna
One of my co-workers lives in Orange County...Newburgh is the city, she loves it. And she commutes to midtown daily.
Fun Fact - Newburgh is also where all of upstate goes to get cremated...
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:34 PM |
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lorich
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Grammie says "Lora Gina"
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Whatever you do stay out of Walden 
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:35 PM |
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4monkeys
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we have cousins in nanuet & Blauvelt, very nice towns.
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:35 PM |
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NS1976
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Whats wrong with Walden?
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:44 PM |
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nferrandi
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Posted by nycchic24
Yes for living. I am looking for good school districts, good prices, easy commute into the city but with the upstate feel.
You're going to have to look in Rockland, Orange or Putnum counties if you want a good price. Westchester has some great school districts, but the prices are 
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:47 PM |
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Christine
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I think you need to work backwards -- how long of a commute is acceptable then check train lines or driving times from where DH works then see where that puts you. Then drive up and check out the areas and research the schools and housing options.
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:49 PM |
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Moosey911
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Rockland County Towns with Good School Districts:
Clarkstown:
New City
Nanuet
Bardonia
Central Nyack
Congers
Valley Cottage
Rockland Lake
Parts of Spring Valley
Parts of Nyack Village
Upper Nyack
Orangetown:
Piermont
South Nyack
Grandview
Nyack
Pearl River
South Orangetown
Blauvelt
Decent School District--not the best, not the worst--
North Rockland:
West Haverstraw
Stony Point
Parts of Garnerville
Pomona
Thiells
(stay OUT of the Village of
Haverstraw for now....)
Avoid-- Ramapo, Spring Valley, Monsey, Tallman
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| Posted 10/11/06 2:35 PM |
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MegZee
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imo, rockland is just as expensive as Westchester.
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| Posted 10/11/06 2:37 PM |
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Moosey911
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Posted by Meaghan729
imo, rockland is just as expensive as Westchester.
You are correct.....if you want a "decent" price....need to go further north into Orange or Putnam. Even parts of Orange are still ridiculous (ie..Monroe-Woodbury, Goshen, Florida, Harriman, etc...)
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| Posted 10/11/06 2:40 PM |
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bikramaddict
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white plains is nice.
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| Posted 10/11/06 2:49 PM |
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DRMom
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Croton
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| Posted 10/11/06 3:05 PM |
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tourist
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A former coworker of mine moved to Warwick & loves it. He takes a bus to NYC , but that's in Orange & a bit too far.
I guess it depends on how far is too far for you & what kind of price range you are looking for. I live in lower Westchester, which is fine for co-ops, but too expensive for houses.
ETA- I don't know about school districts, but Yorktown is very nice & I don't think it is as expenivei as lower Westchester.
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| Posted 10/11/06 3:59 PM |
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MrsNaunie
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Hopewell Junction and Fishkill
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