Most of this subreddit in a nutshell.

No, not optional. Tesla owners, like cops, generally think the law doesn’t apply to them.

You must be living in a basement. I’m sure most have never been, but most have heard of it if you’ve taken the train, considering it’s the terminus of the Gladstone Line from NY Penn.

Car.

I would live in New Brunswick and start looking at switching jobs for a position in NYC or North Jersey ASAP.

👏👏👏

You’re not bidding high enough.

The Human Fund, the Alan Parsons Project, and the Marshall Plan are all good.

Go away.

If I had a friend coming from overseas and it was their first time in the US, I would make sure I was there to greet them at the airport and help them.

You need a new friend.

When the talking heads on cable news say we are in a recession.

Wait for the foreclosure sales.

For real. I’m about to recommend Sussex County’s finest lol.

Driving through Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada with an EV would make me nervous lol.

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.

I get it, I don’t wanna live with strangers either, thankfully I never had to get a roommate. Your commute is going to be awful, and the costs of tolls, gasoline, vehicle wear and tear are going to eat up any meaningful savings on rent. I’m really confused on how you think Edison and Toms River are the same distance to your job, are you considering Monmouth as North Jersey? Because it’s definitely not…. You say North Jersey, people here are assuming you’re talking about Essex/Hudson/Bergen.

Hard to swallow pill: if you cannot live on your own, it’s time for a new roommate. You should live in North Jersey or at least north of Edison for your new job. Find a new roommate in this area.

Your husband should lose his license permanently.

I mean, even if you have enough to care now, it’s kind of hard to reverse a century or more of development for much of the state. The opportunity to have a NY style transit system has come and gone already.

Public transit is non existent in too many areas or is slow/sucks. 25 min driving or 1 hour on transit (plus waiting for the train, bus, etc on their schedule), I’m taking the former.

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

Ummm, it's been more than one per year.

>Is Newark on the upturn?

Uh, where you been? It's been on the upturn since 2016. The University Heights area and Downtown is getting built up.