Bloggers Connect News Flash: I want to thank Jim Cronin for throwing tomatoes at me.

Hi Missy,

I thought of doing that - but it would have taken 100 tweets.  Too much good information not to pass along and for newer rainers the links might be of value.  Most are aware of these blogs, but people new to blogging might not be and they are fine examples for them to emulate. I may put something on twitter to bring people here. 

Hi Terrie,

Well, its right in my back yard - how could I NOT go? 33 minutes by train and about 10-15 minutes for the subway and 4 block walk.  IN FACT - that's a message I'm trying to drive home to disgruntled buyers.  If you want to live  within 2-3 miles of a train station that has a short commute to midtown Manhattan - I don't care how bad the economy is - you are going to have to pony up.   We haven't had the huge price reductions the rest of the country has had.  The nearer to the train station, the more you pay (unless you are sitting ON the train tracks!)

The one thing that is great about living in NY is that so much comes to you!  Even with taking Tundra to doggie day care and having to go to a distant train station due to the fact that I didn't have a parking permit anymore, I was still only 70 minutes to Bloggers Connect door to door. I wish more NYers from Manhattan would realize that they could be 100 times more comfortable in Westchester.  They could exchange 500 sq.ft. for 1200 sq.ft. for less money. Yes, they have the commute, but there are so many places where you can just roll out of bed and onto a train, I fail to see what the fuss is about.

Thanks Debbie - thanks for taking up my point. Yes, you have to get up a bit earlier...but not that much depending on where you live.  If you live in some parts of Manhattan or Brooklyn or even Queens, the connections to midtown Manhattan aren't that simple. Some parts of the upper West side and upper East side can have awkward connections.  I know people who commute close to an hour from one end of Manhattan to another.  Meanwhile - the subways are not productive time. Most of the time you stand and are packed in like sardines. the metro - north commute can be productive. You have nice seating - its comfortable and commuters can choose to work or relax. Some play cards, some sleep but either way its more quality time than you can get on the subway. I know because I took the train to NYC every day for nearly three  years.  The subway was the headache, not the metro-north commute.

Hi Rebecca,

I always say - once a New Yorker - always a New Yorker. South Salem is beautiful. My cousin used to live there.  After his divorce he moved to CT.  But I loved the area.  Big lots, lots of room.  I live in White Plains of course, but I guess  you can see from the pictures that it has changed  A LOT! Tarrytown is one of my favorite places to bring the dogs.  Sleepy Hollow has a dog park so I spend a lot of time there and I also walk the Preserve and the lakes and aquaduct with them. Tarrytown now has a coffee shop that allows dogs which is awesome.  (Coffee Labs - after their chocolate labs (Donolli and Maximus)