Anyone here live in or near Montclair, NJ?
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Montclair, NJ
- Thread starter Maverick74
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Pretty town located close to all the major spots such as the Meadowlands Sports complex, Willowbrook Mall, Garden State plaza, all kinds of endless shopping, restaurants, all major highways within minutes, and NYC within 15 minutes. Plenty of nice hotels, the University of Montclair including Yogi Berra Stadium.
Corrado's excellent specialty foods and farmers market close by in Clifton.
Great area Montclair.
Corrado's excellent specialty foods and farmers market close by in Clifton.
Great area Montclair.
Quote from Maverick74:
Just curious how you liked living there. I assume you could have lived in the city and chose not to.
It was ok but it had issues. There are nice areas but overall it was too close to Bloomfield which is too close to Newark. I have young kids and I felt it was better to move. I ended up moving further west along 22 into the Hunterdon area. Commute was not as bad as you think and better bang for the buck. But that being said, there really is no perfect area in Jersey anymore, not even Princeton (I have run into some of the NYTimes "names" in the that town just walking around. No thx.)
Also, the whole area (Montclair, Little Falls, Clifton, the Caldwells, the Oranges)is dense, car-wise. Like was mentioned, lots of malls, so lots of traffic.
Upper Montclair better
JMO.
Quote from cstfx:
It was ok but it had issues. There are nice areas but overall it was too close to Bloomfield which is too close to Newark. I have young kids and I felt it was better to move. I ended up moving further west along 22 into the Hunterdon area. Commute was not as bad as you think and better bang for the buck. But that being said, there really is no perfect area in Jersey anymore, not even Princeton (I have run into some of the NYTimes "names" in the that town just walking around. No thx.)
Also, the whole area (Montclair, Little Falls, Clifton, the Caldwells, the Oranges)is dense, car-wise. Like was mentioned, lots of malls, so lots of traffic.
Upper Montclair better
JMO.
I guess the selling point of Montclair is they have a downtown area and it's a very walkable suburb. One could live next to the train line and walk about town and not need to drive everywhere and deal with traffic. Most suburbs are just cookie cutter residential neighborhoods.
Quote from Maverick74:
I guess the selling point of Montclair is they have a downtown area and it's a very walkable suburb. One could live next to the train line and walk about town and not need to drive everywhere and deal with traffic. Most suburbs are just cookie cutter residential neighborhoods.
It only has a couple of streets that are trendy and walkable(bloomfield ave. and parts of grove street[I think]). If you're looking for a happening downtown area with mass transit look into Hoboken and the Jersey City waterfront.
Quote from DB_sezwhat:
It only has a couple of streets that are trendy and walkable(bloomfield ave. and parts of grove street[I think]). If you're looking for a happening downtown area with mass transit look into Hoboken and the Jersey City waterfront.
Yeah I use to live in Hoboken. I left NY 9 years ago. How is Jersey City now? Especially compared to Hoboken? That place has really exploded over the last 10 years.