Quite a bit. Not only is a 3-4 bedroom house very expensive to rent, but public transportation/tolls to NYC are also expensive.

When I was commuting to the city from Bloomfield, I took the Bloomfield town shuttle to the train station and then took that to Penn Station. Took me about 50 minutes from front door to my desk. I live right near The Mansion at Oakside.

I have a spare room, I just need to move my knife, axe and handcuff collection. My pet snakes and I would welcome the company.

Cue Montclair crying.

Bloomfield has a municipality-run jitney (divided into two areas, north and south) which connects to four trains at Bloomfield Station in the morning, and five in the afternoon, rush directions.

That might work for you, but Allwood is a great option too.

https://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/332/Bloomfield-Shuttle

It’s effectively $0.50/ride, although you buy a punch pass of 50 rides for $25 (nonexpiring)

North end shuttle PDF schedule: https://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/DocumentCenter/View/10149/North-End-Bus-Route-September-27-2021

South end shuttle PDF schedule: https://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/DocumentCenter/View/10150/South-End-Bus-Route-September-27-2021

Inclement service schedule: https://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/DocumentCenter/View/10151/Level-1-and-Level-2-Notification

Our town has been mostly without direct NYC service since DeCamp stopped because of the pandemic. We have to drive to Lyndhurst or Clifton for train service and then change lines in Secaucus. Its not the end of the world but its pretty inconvenient. I’m sure its going to impact property values long term.

Depends on the part of town, there is a shuttle to the bus.

https://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/332/Bloomfield-Shuttle

I’m in the northern part of town and used to walk to Styertowne for the bus.

Driving to the train is also an option, lots of free parking at Lyndhurst. Other stations, not so much, unless you are there earlier. Think you can also get a permit for the Bloomfield Station.

http://bloomfieldparking.org/faqs/

I dont think its such a terrible idea than you think itll be. Yes the expenses will be so much more than shes paying now but if she really wants to pursue her career path then i say go for it. In reality they might not advance their careers at all but they definitely increase their possibilities of meeting new people to boost or help them in some ways. The commute will suck but you can get used to it. Honestly the reason it might be too big is because your worried of the change and it is your girlfriend so i wouldnt be surprised if your just being protective. As long as shes willing to pay 1,000 something a month towards rent and make it work then she'll be fine.

The problem is the traffic lights after Jackson St Bridge coming out of Newark work in funky out sync way.

Seriously from the bridge to the Harrison path station is a good 15 min to , plus all the bottle neck those light helped generate in Newark.

After the Harrison path station it tends to flow better.

I just started going back into the city multiple times a week for work and it was so convenient for me to walk a couple minutes over to Bloomfield ave in Verona and get picked up. Gonna be difficult to figure this one out without having to buy a car or uber to a train/bus stop every day. Hoping someone takes over the route!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/nyregion/nj-nyc-decamp-bus.html

I remember using them as a teen to get to and from NYC on weekends when the trains didn't run to my town. Hated them, but I don't know what I would have done without them.

Ameribus was complaining about NJT not giving them buses... Someone told me in the 90s they sued the state to break up the monopoly NJT held...but most of them could not keep up the service levels that NJT had and now it looks like NJT will probably absorb some more routes.

This it’s likely the case. The routes were technically party of an agreement with NJT

I had a truck that did this. Every attendant thought they had the trick to make it work. Turn the nozzle upside down. Click the trigger a few times. Pump it slow. Stick a pen in between the nozzle and the cap. The only thing that worked was me standing there and restarting it when it stopped.

Please stay in flyover country. We have more failed content creators here than Europe combined.

A 3-bedroom apartment or house in any kind of desirable community within commuting distance to NYC is going to be at least $3500/month.

Former midwestern here. They are in for one hell of a culture shock. Also they will learn that it might be on 10 miles away from NYC; but that doesn’t mean it’s actually as close as they think it is

The concept of privately-operated bus lines in a first world country is a little bit ridiculous. The only reason they survive is with handouts from NJT like free leased buses. At worst you have companies like Academy bilking the state for millions by lying about the number of buses that they ran. If the state stopped treating these carriers with kid gloves they would’ve all been out of business decades ago.

*pork roll

The gates to the Garden State are wide open to new talent. No isn’t in our vocabulary and nYc is even more welcoming. They’re going to love it here and forget everything they know about the Midwest. We have legal weed, legal abortions, full service gasoline stations and Taylor ham.

I have no idea what happens in Newark. This was about commuting from Kearny to Harrison, not from Newark to Harrison lol. I would imagine that the layout of the roads in Newark creates some heavy bottlenecks, though.

Tell them we're full. They would be dime a dozen in NJ/NYC area. Unless they have some ridiculous niche shtick.

Is it? Traffic is backed up deep into the Ironbound and It's been like that during rush hour more so in the afternoon for the last 5 or 6 yrs. Game days are just the icing on the cake...

NJ Transit seems to interpret NJSA 27:25-2d to mean that they can’t run buses on a line that a private company already “owns.”

In every relevant court case I’ve been able to find, NJ Transit has won over private operators. But to be fair they also avoid any competition with private operators in the first place. I think NJT is happy to use it as an excuse regardless of the legal validity.