What is the nicest town/city to live in in new jersey?

Question

Also, need to commute to NYC (less than 45 minute commute preferably). Also, school system must be great.

Answer 1

Hoboken.

The commute to NYC is just minutes and the schools are excellent.

Answer 2

You really need these links to do your research once you narrow down the areas you like
EPA: Finding out about your local drinking water quality: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/index.html
EPA: Drinking water in Schools and Child Care Facilities: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/schools/index.html
HUD: New residential Construction permits: http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/newresconst.pdf
FBI Sex offender web sites for all states: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/states.htm
DEA Website on methamphetamine homes all states http://searchjustice.usdoj.gov/search?q=National+Clandestine+Laboratory+Register&q=site%3Awww.usdoj.gov%2Fdea&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=iso-8859-1&oe=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&site=default_collection
Information on any city in the USA: http://www.bestplaces.net/
Information on any school: http://www.greatschools.net/
Rating an apartment (private site) What consumers say about specific apartments throughout the nation http://www.apartmentratings.com/
Law enforcement agencies throughout the US: http://www.usacops.com/
Search for cities & Counties in the US: http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Data_and_Demographics&Template=/cffiles/counties/city_srch.cfm
2006 Market-by-Market Home Price Analysis Reports from National Association of REALTORS®:
http://www.realtor.org/Research.nsf/pages/MetroHomePriceAnalysisReports?OpenDocument
All US States Constitutions and Web sites: http://www.constitution.org/cons/usstcons.htm
Changing your address from the US postal service: https://moversguide.usps.com/?referral=USPS
Finding available real estate in the US through REALTORS®: http://realtor.com/Default.asp?poe=realtor
FBI: Crime reports for each State: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_08.html
Using these links provides for factual disclosure of the status of living standards in that area.
Buena Suerte

Answer 3

Try Old Bridge, I grew up there. Matawan is also nice.

Answer 4

NEW JErsery? Hahahahahahaha!