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05.21.08, 18:55 PM New York City
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I need serious recommendations for towns within commuting distance to NYC with great public schools. Would prefer a rural feel to a suburban feel, but crunchy suburb would be OK, too. TIA!! [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
New York City 05.21.08, 06:55 PM Flag
 

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General Topics 06.04.08, 04:38 AM Flag
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If you want rural check out Somerset county. Crunchy would be Maplewood and Montclair would be a lot of x-NYers. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:16 PM Flag
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Do you know any towns in Somerset Co with great public schools? thanks for your reply! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:20 PM Flag
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Basking Ridge and surrounding towns. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:25 PM Flag
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the people i know in maplewood are NOT crucnch. ex-nyers and hobokenites. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.04.08, 05:32 AM Flag
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Hastings, Dobbs ferry, Irvington [ Reply | More
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the schools are equally good in all of these? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:43 PM Flag
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www.greatschools.net or .org is a good website. In terms of Schools - Irvington is best, Hastings is next and Dobbs Ferry last - all are good schools. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.27.08, 02:34 PM Flag
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I did this once on a larger radius, using (I think) US News & World Report high school rankings. Basically, think Long Island. There are a whole bunch of excellent schools out there. If you want rural, too, you have to go pretty far from NYC. Like two hours far. Nyack schools are good, as is the one in Cold Spring. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.27.08, 02:40 PM Flag
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You are going to have a long commute for rural and LI. -np. IMHO, the only rural left on LI is North Fork (maybe north shore of south fork.) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.27.08, 02:43 PM Flag
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^^^too add, Huntington has a crunchy feel and is not too bad a commute. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.27.08, 07:43 PM Flag
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maplewood [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.27.08, 07:48 PM Flag
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but.... think twice about this move. some nyc schools are great, and think about how great for a kid to grow up there, and not drive when he/she's a teen, etc. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.27.08, 07:49 PM Flag
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Which ones do you think are great? I really feel like our family is too stressed out. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.27.08, 08:24 PM Flag
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I have also heard Basking Ridge Schools are excellent - and that area of NJ (past Morristown) is very pretty although I don't know if the people are crunchy. South Orange/Maplewood/Montclair schools get mixed reviews so look in to them before buying carefully but there are nice old houses and people are at least in theory a little bit more crunchy - although, my friends there are not necessarilly crunchy. I would have to do more research before commiting myself. Irvington, in Westchester is also supposed to have great schools and be sort of artsy. Places with worse commutes that feel rural are Pennington, NJ and Easton, CT. So nice in both! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.28.08, 04:56 AM Flag
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Thanks for this thoughtful response! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.28.08, 09:06 PM Flag
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Chatham/Madison - not crunchy but laid back, small town feel [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.28.08, 04:58 AM Flag
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What about Cold Spring (Putnam Cty) or Dutchess County? House prices still decent and lots to do on the wedkends [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.28.08, 05:21 AM Flag
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np: I wouldn't consider this commutable. 1 hr 10 to CS on express train. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.04.08, 06:13 AM Flag
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10yo girl. Loves Kiki Strike, Harry Potter, Goose Girl, etc. Need new ideas that are emotionally appropriate. She's read almost everything on you 8yo list. tia [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 05:10 PM Flag
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cold spring harbor, laurel hollow, lloyd harbor (all csh school dist.) -- rural feel near the water but near bigger towns like huntington. commute is about 50 min. on a direct train. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.29.08, 05:22 PM Flag
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westport? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.04.08, 04:40 AM Flag
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i cant recommend princeton, NJ more highly. They have a 45 minutes express train to NYC. Definitely not a typical suburban feel - tons of farms, but also a great walkable downtown, a lot of land and tons to do. Public schools are excellent there. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.04.08, 05:46 AM Flag
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I am the poster above that spoke about Basking Ridge and went on. Princeton HS is great and the surrounding areas like Pennington, etc. are very rural (good schools there). I would not commute from there personally though, it's very far. Westport is also gorgeous and rural and too far for me personally. People are not crunchy in either place. Katonah, Westport and Princeton are my favorite towns. [ Reply | More
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