You can't beat our access to mass transit

When we moved here, my husband and I worked in Livingston, NJ. The commute was very reasonable.

Then I started working in Manhattan. Again--excellent options. I could catch the express train in Dunellen OR Plainfield. I could catch the bus in multiple places in town. Or I could drive up to Sears on Terrill Road and try to catch the express bus (I'm bad for being on time) or catch the local if I missed it with a VERY short walk (I am NOT a walker).

You can catch a bus for local places relatively easily--including Bridgewater Commons Mall. In fact, after reading the 822 route schedule I realized that it travels RIGHT past my house (which after 9 years I'm only noticing now that I look for it).

I have lived here and commuted easily to Livingston, Holmdel, Union (in Union Co.), Madison, NYC (midtown and downtown), Readington and New Brunswick. And with the occasional missing of the express bus or train--always at an hour or less in travel time.

If you're interested, the following bus routes (that I know of) run right through town and links to their schedules with a map:

59 (Plainfield to Newark, through the Borough, includes stops at Dunellen, Plainfield, Westfield, Garwood, Cranford and Elizabeth train stations plus some service to Union Co. College in Cranford)
65/66 (Newark, Mountainside, Somerville--which runs through town and stops at Dunellen & Plainfield train stations)
114/117 (114=Bridgewater Commons to New York with stops at Somerville, Dunellen & Plainfield train stations; 117 is the Express into New York City-Penn Station and runs only on Route 22 with a stop at North Drive, North Plainfield and in front of Sears Auto Center in Scotch Plains)
822 (the Plainfield & North Plainfield local with stops at the K-Mart shopping center; and Plainfield & Netherwood train stations)

And the train line closest is the Raritan Valley line. Here is a line directory listing the stops with transit connections and facilities available. And here's the PDF for the Raritan Valley Line train schedule.

Here's a link to the NJ Transit website.