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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a real challenge but you have a good budget to work with.  You could get a really nice house, with good schools, in NJ, but the commute will be rough.  Most NJ "nice" suburbs feed into Penn Station.  That will mean an hour on the train to Penn, and then taking the 2/3 train all the way downtown to DUMBO.  For the same reason, I wouldn't live north of the city in Westchester and around there.

You're better off looking east into Brooklyn/Queens or into commuter towns in Long Island and using the Long Island Railroad.  The LIRR trains come into Atlantic Ave/Barclay Center and it's a fairly short jump from there to DUMBO.  In some cases, it will be faster to live farther out and take the LIRR than it would be to live on the subway.  Hopefully this goes without saying, but do not drive to work.

There are little pockets of nice suburbia all over the place in Brooklyn: places like Forrest Hills, Kew Gardens, Bay Ridge.  Don't lose hope.

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Forrest Hills and Kew Gardens are in Queens.[/quote]

Forrest Hills and Kew Gardens are also far from DUMBO, even driving it would be about 40 mins+ and more with traffic.  If OP's willing to live in Queens, then Astoria of LIC is a better option.

Brooklyn is made up of many different neighborhoods. You should rent first and explore before committing to a house. [/quote]

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