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I'm a high school senior who commutes an hour by train to school every day. It's helped prepare me for the real world.

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 09:20

selfie of teddy almond on the train next to a nj transit train — The author, left, takes the train to high school every day.
Courtesy of Teddy Almond & Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Education, Essay, college-freelancer, College, high-school, student, Commute

I bought a duplex as my first home. I still have a mortgage, but I only pay around $900 a month and have no regrets.

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:03

A woman taking a selfie on the left, and a duplex on the right. — Raroha and her duplex in New Jersey.
Courtesy of Dominique Raroha.

Real Estate, first-time-homebuyer, new-jersey, Philadelphia, Milennials, home-purchase, housing-market

I'm a lifelong Jersey girl choosing to retire in South Carolina. It's where my adult daughter is planning to live — and it's cheaper.

Thu, 04/11/2024 - 17:04

Two people walking down the street in front of a Charleston, South Carolina, home. — Charleston, South Carolina.
Glowimages/Getty Images

Real Estate, charleston, south-carolina, new-jersey, housing-market, empty-nest-parents, Retire

NYC area hit with aftershock after rare 4.8-magnitude quake. There could still be more.

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 19:14

A photo of the New York City Skyline. — A view of the Manhattan Skyline with the Empire State Building in the center.
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

News, new-york-city, Earthquake, aftershocks, new-jersey

The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 17:29

man with concerned expression wearing red sweater gestures at a row of homes blocked off with yellow tape — Newark City employee Sushil Nagpal stands outside homes that were damaged and had to be evacuated after the earthquake on Friday,
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Science, Earthquake, east-coast, fault-line, plate-tectonics, ice-age, Glaciers

Monday's solar eclipse had nothing to do with the earthquake that rocked the East Coast today

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 13:42

collage of eclipse and seismograph — Despite what you may have heard, there is no correlation between the total solar eclipse and the earthquake that shook the Northeast on April 5.
MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Furchin / Getty Images

Science, Science, geology, Earth, new-york-city, Philadelphia, new-jersey

I moved to Puerto Rico from New Jersey with my partner. Rent is cheaper, the weather is warmer, and we plan to stay.

Thu, 03/28/2024 - 05:04

two men standing on a deck holding a bag of coffee — Jarrell Chalmers, left, and Jose Diaz.
Courtesy of Jarrell Chalmers

Real Estate, as-told-to, BI-freelancer, puerto-rico, new-jersey, jersey-city, san-juan

This century-old 1 bathroom house took $11,000 worth of staging, attracted 25 bids, and sold for $253,000 above its asking price

Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:16

The renovated living room of a new Jersey weekend. — The home's renovated living room.
Courtesy of Lorraine Hurlbut

Real Estate, new-jersey, insider-news

We moved from the suburbs to our vacation home. I save at least 10 hours a week not commuting, and my kids have a happy, outdoorsy life.

Mon, 02/19/2024 - 09:23

A husband and wife and their two children in the woods. — Jason Fell, his wife, and their two children in the Pocono Mountains.
Courtesy of Jason Fell

Real Estate, new-jersey, new-york, Pennsyvania, poconos, Relocation, as-told-to

I spent 3 days in the American Dream mall, the continent's 2nd largest. Malls are coming back — take a look inside this one.

Sun, 02/04/2024 - 07:09

Jenny Powers is sitting on a Santa couch in the middle of the mall with six shopping bags. — Jenny Powers said she ended up doing more shopping than planned when she visited the parks at American Dream mall.
Jenny Powers/Business Insider

Retail, american-dream, shopping-malls, Malls, Shopping, new-jersey, shopping-mall

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