Yeah, I think perhaps I should try the drive a few times to get a better idea. But I do believe you’re right, in terms of expenses. I think it’s a bit cheaper but not as significant as one would hope. But, I guess that just nyc/nj for ya.

Thanks so much for your insight!

Yeah, I think that was a really big thing for us is the affordability of JC compared to these others areas. I’d I didn’t have to do it every day and could take public transportation a few days I don’t think I’d mind as much. But right now hours are wonky and need my car.

Thank you though for your insight!

We loved Easton and the community. At the time we were not working in office everyday so we only had to do the commute like 2 to 3 days max. Then COVID happened and we were home full time for a long while but long story short company went bankrupt and had to get another job which is located in LIC. And it just wasn’t doable anymore, especially since we now had a baby, so we sold and moved to SI.

Lol. Yeah my pregnant wife was not at all happy. We absolutely loved it there but the commute was just not worth it, especially with a baby. Wasn’t doable.

Awe no, sorry I hope my post didn’t come off offensive. I was just saying like dangerous in terms of my kiddo playing outside and stray bullets catches them. I grew up around some rough areas and this did in fact happen twice in my life. So I just want to make sure my wife and child are safe just hanging outside on a nice day.

But Yeah, I think queens seems to be the best area in terms of commute and even price! Definitely gonna look there! Thank you, and again sorry if my post came off insensitive to the area.

Oh, wow, thanks! I’ll look into these! I really appreciate it!

Wow, she’s a trooper! Yeah, I think overall consensus is between the commute & just outside cost it doesn’t make much sense moving to LIC.

I would love to, but unfortunately, I really don’t have the ability to buy anything in LIC. Which is what I was hoping to do but probably not gonna happen anytime soon.

I’ll take a look over there too. Based off my responses from everyone. Commuting from the area perhaps may be a headache. I’m not to familiar with the areas of NY vs. NJ. But trying to get acquainted and I think this was a good start and eye opener for me! I really loath using google maps becoming I feel like oh so very often the times that are projected are not reality. Even with me living in SI it states should only take 45 mins but it take 1.5 hours. Thank you for your response though and will definitely look into it.

Thank you so much! I do think LIC could be fun to live near just cost is pretty steep but I guess that’s just the way of the land these days.

Yeah, seems like this is not the way to go. Thank you, I really appreciate your insight!

I hear ya. Well thank you, I’ll look into the queens area!

Some folks at the job made the suggestion. Commute wise, based on google map in terms of time travel was a tad less for JC vs SI so just figured. But thanks for your feedback! This is why Reddit is helpful for me!

We are doing the commute from Staten Island right now. Some people suggested JC was an easier commute than SI. 🤷🏻‍♀️ It says only 54 mins so idk I guess I thought that was decent. We were commuting from Easton, Pa which was about 2+ hr commute. Thanks for the feedback!

Great, thank you! She’s from Brooklyn I’m from middle of nowhere AZ/Texas but am okay with mix as long as I don’t have a drug deal going down on my stoop.

Okay great, will do, thank you!

Thank you for the feedback

So we moved from Easton, Pa to Staten Island, currently about 1.5 hrs from Staten Island LIC - driving (project manager so car is needed to get to different sites).

So we use to live in Easton,Pa which was about a 2+ hr commute, we currently live in Staten Island and it’s about 1.5. Do you think it’s worst than Staten Island?