Steakhouse 85 in New Brunswick.

There's a lot to factor in here. If you're driving by yourself, realistically you can do about 12 hours a day. So 4 days, that means 3 nights in a hotel (assuming you can go straight to your apartment or wherever the day you arrive in NJ). Plus food, and about 100 gallons of gas. Yeah, you could just sleep in the car at rest areas, but having a bed and a shower makes a huge difference in your moral and back pain.

If you ship the car, you can also fill up the car with some of your stuff so that saves a bit on moving costs. You'll be without a car for probably a couple of weeks so be sure to factor in the cost of Uber or other public transportation. Then also the flight cost.

I helped a friend move from NY to AZ awhile back. We took 8 hour shifts each of driving, and stopped for the night in Indiana and western Kansas. This country is so huge, and most of the driving is incredibly boring. I really appreciated having a 5 hour flight home versus 3 days in a car. I was so sore afterwards.

Amish Country

Had a lovely meal at Edward's recently

The dream mall is the equivalent of taking the GDP of a small nation, converting it all into cash, drenching the cash in lighter fluid and then burning it like you're the fucking Joker.

There are a few nice boutique stores though so it's not all bad.

Unless you wanna go on a 2+ hour road trip with your friend to eat a steak, maybe post your location first.

I shipped my car from NJ to NorCal in 2017. Cost about $900 then and took roughly a week to show up, I think.

It was a great experience except my car’s rear was situated above the truck cab, so it was splattered with 2500 miles of bug guts…but other than that, 10/10 do recommend.

Toscano's in Bordentown City is one of my very favorites.

BTW, Paterson is one of the agencies that’s in the current On Patrol Live (fka Live PD) line up.

Have done both. The cost comes out to about the same cross-country, assuming you don't need your car for a week or two while it's in transit or you are able to take a week off to do the drive. If you do fly and ship the car, the cost of a rental will be a problem if you need one in the meantime.

I would make sure you have roadside assistance (AAA or otherwise) and keep your wits about you at truck stops, but otherwise it's just around a week's worth of driving if you don't want to burn yourself out. Lot of driving through forests, then plains, then deserts, so bring a couple of podcasts or something to listen to.

If you have the time, drive. I drove both to San Diego with a friend, then when I moved back I was solo. On the way out we just wanted to get there and only stopped a few times in Memphis and OKC. My drive back was solo and I took my time through Vegas, Utah, and Colorado which was well worth the sites. Utah is beautiful so I stopped at every scenic overlook.

I was supposed to ship my car back, and had been trying to find a transport company 3 months out, then I finally found one that was able to pick it up on their route, until they called back a week before and said it had been cancelled. So I cancelled my flight, packed a Ubox from Uhaul, packed my car with certain things and drove and just found hotels along the way. Im a single male so I didnt have much to worry about as far as wife/kids, and would recommend this to anyone who has the ability to do so. Great Experience.

Depends on a couple of things.

How old/reliable is the car? if its a 2006 with 120k miles, youre risking a costly breakdown. On the flip size, a professional move may cost more than the car is worth

How are you moving your stuff? If you drive your car, you have extra room to bring stuff

it has a liminal space vibe like Mario 64

Thanks! It is mind blowing to me the amount of 55+ housing and lack of all other housing!

No need to apologize. If your job is in the Long Branch area, Toms River will be fine geographically. As you pointed out, it’s mainly retiree places. I worked in Toms River for a while and commuted from North Jersey and I loathed it. I wasn’t able to find a place there that fit my needs. Wish you and your roommate best of luck!

I would drive just so you can literally drive the entire length of I-80 from Teaneck to San Francisco only if your car is reliable and not an EV.

You don't really give much details, but if you have the time and are not overburdened, I think you should drive. I drove from CA to NJ years back and had enough time that I could really enjoy it.

Sorry I am from from very south Jersey so my idea of north Jersey probably goes a little more South. My job is not located that far north. Edison is the same driving distance as my job as Toms River due to the fact my job is around Long Branch.

Watch out for the Hammer Bros.

The Paterson PD has had something like 10 officers arrested over the last few years.

We’re doing the opposite move this summer (Bay Area to Essex county). We’re planning to make a fun road trip of it, which will also allow me to schlep my house plants.

If you have the time and maybe a copilot, driving could be fun. If you don’t have those things, shipping cars seems pretty common but might be pricy.

A bunch of businesses in the Bay Ave/Hoover Ave area of Bloomfield had to close today because their payment/phone/ordering is all on Verizon. One pizza place said it was because of a car crash nearby.

The article is really... "loosely" written from a statistical point of view so here's the short version:

>According to that audit, the racial breakdown of people against whom
police used force between 2018 and 2020 was 57% Black, 34% Hispanic and
7% white, with the rest unknown or other communities.

Paterson's 2020 Census shows 24.7%, 62.6%, and 22.9%, respectively. What I'd really like to see instead of the raw audit numbers is an analysis of how racially biased each department is by comparing the two. This can't be just a Paterson problem.

It’s a nightmare

Shipped a car from CA to NJ for a love. Was easy and worth it. Definitely recommend gonna they route.