Originally Posted by Herb Kornfield

Depends on where in New Jersey you wish to live.

North New Jersey: Very expensive. (smaller apartment is $2k a month)

South New Jersey: reasonable for the most part. ($2k a month for a nice single home, some land and a pool at times) I have lived in South Jersey and the housing is reasonable and pretty plentiful (most are houses for sale that are now for rent since no one is buying them)

Pros of North Jersey: Lots to do from a entertainment, nightlife and also New York City is not that far.

Pros of South Jersey: Lots of open space, long country roads, farmers markets, and also Philadelphia PA is not that far away for nightlife and Entertainment.