For the single New York-adjacent New Jersey-dweller, there is a natural recklessness that occurs. Sure the suburbs have a number of great restaurants, some even NYC caliber, with many boasting Food Network and Bravo reality show stardom, but even the best NJ defender can admit that the end of the day it is, well, New Jersey.
So, for people like me, the key is to find a friend with a very comfortable couch for temporary residence. Their $2275 Soho apartment couch becomes yours when it matters, on Saturday night, for the mere price of picking up a few extra cocktails and on an unfortunate occasion using your down coat as a blanket. Just save yourself the indignity of mass transportation and drive in. The 50 dollars you shell out to park for the evening will be well worth it with the right friends. And at the end of it all you go home to your suburban one grand a month apartment, and your guilt free $300 shoes.
