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A long-distance move: Relocating to Bergen County
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2012
BY VIOLET SNOW
SPECIAL TO THE HERALD NEWS
THE RECORD
“This is the sixth move my family has made,” says Steve Klipstein, who recently relocated from Leesburg, Va., to Old Tappan with his wife, Julie, and three children. “This one was probably the most challenging because of all the different towns in Bergen County. It was hard to get a sense of where would be the right place for us.”
A long-distance move can be difficult not only because of the buyer’s unfamiliarity with the new locale but also because past expectations may have to change. Luckily, the Klipsteins had both their own strategy and professional assistance.
Working in the automotive industry, Klipstein says, means that “relocation is standard fare.” He has been bounced from Baltimore to Detroit to Dallas to Virginia, and he began working at Volvo’s North American headquarters in Rockleigh this May, commuting to Virginia on weekends.