Where Is East Orange..?

No, it's part of "The Greater New York Metropolitan Area". The suburbs.

Just so people understand, "The Greater New York Metropolitan Area" is a circle radiating to about 50 miles from midtown Manhattan.

There is no greater place on this planet than New York City

I would like to say that is only true if you disregard Chicago,


but I can't

I mean, who can disregard Chicago?

The map below (little hard to read) shows the location of East Orange (little circle) just west of Newark NJ, as I noted in my first post, which in turn is just west of NYC (big circle more or less). It is not part of NYC; neither is Newark. The bigger area to the west of NYC is all New Jersey.



Of course, the average New Yorker views the world as shown in this well-known New Yorker magazine cartoon, which you may have seen before. Revcollector, where's your house in this view?

My apartment is east of this,and possibly north or south depending on the unnamed cross street. In other words, somewhere behind the artist. And NYC is larger than the big circle, which cuts off 2/3 of Queens. Everything on that map, plus a lot more is all part of the Greater New York Metropolitan Area, however. Although in the winter, the weather can be quite a bit different.

So it is close to Newark..??

Robert

"The bigger area to the west of NYC is all New Jersey".

Actually that is not quite correct. The triangular area at the top right on the west side of the Hudson River is actually part of New York State. Since NYC is the southernmost part of the state everything else is above it.

Yes Newark is close. About 10 miles.

Anyone thinking of coming to the 2016 show can certainly use Newark to arrive here. Plenty of options from there to Manhattan.

The map doesn't show all of Queens so I had to draw an approximate circle, which is why I said more or less. And all of the area west of NYC on the map is in fact all NJ. The small triangular area that is above the state line for NJ at the top is north of NYC, not west.

Sheesh.

That's OK, you left out half the Bronx, too. :-)

Wasn't trying to provide a precise geography lesson, just a relevant answer to the original poster who by now is probably exasperated with all of the NY/NJ nonsense.

And, yes, depending on the airline, Newark is a very viable airport to use to come into NYC for the 2016 show. Since we use United, we always fly into Newark Airport to visit our favorite U.S. city (East Orange, that is).

The smiley face was there for a reason. If I wasn't bothered by the New Yorker cover then you shouldn't be by my "geography" remarks (I have traveled fairly extensively in the US so I know how much of a joke it is).

I know, I was adding smileys too. BTW, we lived in Manhattan for 3 years right out of business school. One of the best times - had little money but could do anything we wanted at a moment's notice at any hour. But I've also lived in Boston, CT, NJ, Philly, Texas, California, & Arizona and came to appreciate the good and diverse elements of all these places. NYC doesn't have everything altho its the best city in the U. S. IMHO. For living tho, just preferred the green of the Garden State, the part most people don't ever see.