Google offer for NYC

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where2go

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where2go
Jan 10 28 Comments

I accepted recently an offer from Google for a leadership role which requires relocation to NY so wondering if Princeton, NJ is a good area for a family and how bad is the commute to Google office in NYC?

TC: $1M
YOE: 15
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  • Spotify
    Xrnd30

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    Xrnd30
    That commute sounds horrible. 90 mins by car at 4:45 on a Monday when people are still wfh. Or a lot of different trains.
    Jan 10 4
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    Irjv63

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    Irjv63
    Princeton is way too far from NYC to be reasonable in my opinion. The furthest I'd be comfortable commuting is Montclair.
    Jan 10 0
  • Schools in Princeton area are good (West Windsor, Princeton, Montgomery), but commute is pretty long (I know someone who did it though). North Jersey has some good schools and is probably a better commute from my understanding
    Jan 10 3
    • I'm more familiar with central NJ, but I recall Livingston and Millburn being fairly good areas and seems like commute is feasible.
      I usually judge schools by their high school science Olympiad/science bowl teams. It seems like a good proxy for school quality without digging into rankings too much
      Jan 10
    • There are also some fairly nice places in long island, like Syosset/Jericho, which have good schools and are suburban
      Jan 10
  • Princeton is a long ways away from Google NYC. 90min per another comment would be generous
    Jan 10 0
  • Turbonomic / R&D
    billybobx

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    billybobx
    Princeton is 90 mins by train. Same by car. Look at living in hoboken, montclair, ridgewood, edgewater areas. If your tc is 1m, why not just live in manhattan?
    Jan 10 2
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      where2go

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      We have young kids so we are looking for safety and good school district. Therefore, we prefer suburbs over Manhattan
      Jan 10
    • Turbonomic / R&D
      billybobx

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      billybobx
      Oh okay! I think montclair will be perfect then
      Jan 10