cni187,

Oh yeah, CT will be great for a newbie! I grew up in
Stamford, CT, 36 minutes to the EA Employee lot back in the days of the real shuttle. Now, traffic is way worse. Getting to JFK is miserable as the Van Wyck will under reconstruction thru, at least, 2020. Housing in Ct is ridiculous, Stamford is $500,000 minimum. Danbury is mildly affordable on 3rd year pay, maybe. But the commute is longer and schools in both places are terrible. Better to be elsewhere on reserve forever.

Penn means working out of EWR or commuting across one of the bridges.
GF