I think they’re only going higher. I wanted to move somewhere with year round motorcycle riding weather. I’m 40 minutes outside Manhattan, a comparable home even an hour outside any Californian city I’d move to is 150k more easy than mine here. We think it’s expensive but to live outside nyc or Philly we’re not extreme even at these prices imo.

Brazilian bbq place in long branch always has cars with bolsonaro stickers and flags on them in the parking lot.

I’d Zillow rentals up and down highway 35 and 36. Traffic is inevitable but I’m on the bayshore off 36 in Monmouth and it’s manageable in the summer. Stay away from eatontown traffic. Not a fan of ocean county but it’s affordable, same as parts of west Monmouth but too rural for my taste.