I think that’s about an hour from my house on Staten Island.
Bring your wallet. I have family that live up there and in neighboring Short Hills...it is a beautiful area. Conveniently located to NYC. But loaded with idiotic, snotty liberals, and ridiculously expensive.
I have a friend in Summit. His house is worth about $2 million, but his property tax is $20K a year.
I agree, the town is full of very nice people. You won’t find any riff-raff at those prices.
Good luck affording to live there. New Providence, just south of Summit is even more exclusive.
An oasis in a toilet like most towns in a rat controlled infested state
Jon Corzine is the most notable resident of the town. You don't need to say any more.
If paying 20K in property taxes is a beautiful life - then Summit’s the place to be.
Funny they don’t mention that in the New York Times.
I’m voting for Ho-Ho-Kus.
That area around Summit is becoming way too congested. Rt 78 and 24 are a nightmare around rush hour. Try the Mountain Lakes area around 15 miles north west, much less congested, same access to public transportation and more affordable.
Hackensack NJ
Every inch of New Jersey borders hell itself. It’s because no matter where you go, people from Jersey live there.
Graduated from Summit High School in the early 80s. Made good money (and learned a lot about human nature) caddying at Baltusrol during high school and college. Excellent schools. I wouldn’t trade my youth living in Summit ... at least during those years. Haven’t been back much since then, though. But it certainly wasn’t a hotbed of liberals back then. Maybe that’s changed, too.
It’s New Jersey. Nothing more needs to be said.
My niece and her husband relocated to the NYC area 7 years ago. They decided to buy in Berkeley Heights just north of Summit. Also a nice area, but not so pricey.
The picture of Summit’s main street is lovely and just as I remember it when I visit them in NJ. They also have beautiful churches there. St. Theresa’s Catholic Church is beautiful, and in mid July they celebrate her feast day with an all day affair, parade, dinner, etc., regardless of the day of the week They top it off with a gigantic fireworks event. My relatives never miss it.
Across from St. Theresa’s is a Carmelite cloister and convent where they make beautiful soaps and candles for sale.
My grandparents had a new home there in a beautiful neighborhood. They bought it in hopes my mother would move us there when we were kids. It was an awesome place at the time. Right down the road from Baltusrol country club. I was able to follow Arnie and the Shark around during the U.S. Open. I’m sure the house is over $2 million now.
Noo Joisey? No right to own a gun, no right to carry a gun, and it’s illegal to pump your own gas into your own car? I’d go homeless in the Talladega National Forest before moving to such a hellhole.
I go to Summit frequently to have dinner with a buddy of mine and my son has basketball practices at the high school. The best Italian restaurant in NJ, in my opinion is Fiorino’s, in downtown Summit. Great food and they make the best Manhattans I have ever had! I’m getting thirsty just thinking about it. Very liberal city, of course. The only conservative town in Union County is Clark. I think they went 65% for Trump.
Summit is nice but I prefer my hometown of Short Hills
"In 2015, there were 5.46 time more White residents (15,707 people) in Summit, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. This is followed by Hispanic with 2,875 and Asian with 1,855."
When the NY Times covers "nice places", which they do quite often, actually, the critical datum is never in the text.
But Google is your friend.
At the end of the day, "nice place" means the same thing in NY-Timesisch as it does in standard English.