Post: #26

I used to live in Fort Lee and would commute all the way to Brooklyn for a shitty job. The commute took about 90 minutes each way. During rush hour the trains are crowded, it's hard to get a seat, and all of the panhandlers and subway performers start to get old REALLY fast. It got to the point where I'd just get MAD sitting on the train. I'd listen to music or read a book to pass the time, but it's hard for me to focus on a book when the train is so loud and shakes so much.

Eventually I quit that job, and not having to commute increased my quality of life significantly. These days I just live in NYC (when I'm not traveling), and made sure to just work from home so I'd never have to commute again. I can't even begin to emphasize how much you should not commute if you don't have to, or at least to keep your commute as short as possible.

If you're set on living in NJ over NY, honestly I'd just take a lower paying job to avoid that commute. And driving from NJ is about 20x more stressful and expensive than taking public transportation.

Post: #27

So I did my first day of work today working in Manhattan. $4 bus ride from where I live in Bergen County to Port Authority at 42nd street. Like $2 to take the subway downtown. 3 block walk to the office. Less than an hour total commute. Not too bad.

Now here's the tricky part. I need to relocate back down to Monmouth County. I think the way to go is to take the Park and Ride from one of the rest areas on the Parkway into Port Authority.

From the Cheesequake rest area(Sayreville Area) to Port Authority is a 45 min ride. 10 trip ticket is $130. That's 5 round trip tickets for the week.

From the Asbury rest area(Wall) to Port Authority is 90 minutes and the same exact price ...$130 for 5 round trip tickets.

I tried all the train stops and they are all like 2 hours each and about the same price.

Does anybody know about commuter discounts from NJ to NYC?