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Northeastern New Jersey vs. Southeastern Florida..... if money and jobs were not a concern - where would you rather live and why? Please share with me some advice!
Last edited by Red.Apple; 07-26-2011 at 11:55 AM..
South Florida is way too touristy compared to northeastern NJ. I hate touristy places, because it degrades the genuinity of the place. Northeast NJ has much less crime, much better schools, more educated people, and is near the greatest city in the world. Also, you don't need to know spanish to get around.
Born in NE NJ and live in SE FL. Left as a child and have never been back except to visit family. I love both but I prefer Miami! Nothing in NJ can compare to the weather and the beaches in SE FL.
NE NJ by a landslide. Mostly because I hate to be hot 12 months of the year and I would miss having four seasons. Plus the NE is way more beautiful and you can be in many diverse areas within a couple hour drive. In Miami, 5 hours in any directions gets you nowhere.
These places are very different. It's like asking if you'd rather live on the sun or under the ocean. It depends on what you like and what you are looking to do.
By North Eastern NJ you mean: Hudson, Bergen, Essex, Passaic, and Union counties
Hudson: Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, Bayonne- Ellis/Liberty Islands - A hop, skip, and a jump away from downtown Manhattan (Lincoln/Holland Tunnels/PATH/Ferrys) - Public Transportation is untouchable as far as SEFL goes
Bergen: Access into Upper Manhattan via the George Washington Bridge - More Shopping Malls than any other county in the US - The nations highest graduation rates (or it was) - Countless dowtown areas, some of the best Italian food nationwide - One of the wealthiest counties in the US - Ramapo and Farleigh Dickinson are good colleges.
Essex: Newark (Not amazing, but it has Rutgers U, the Little Portugal in the Ironbound section, and PATH), Irvington/Orange/East Orange are ghetto as anything, there's no denying that - Montclair is an AWESOME college town - Verona, Livingston, Essex Fells, Roseland etc are some of the most beautiful suburbs in the nation
Passaic: Paterson... it's just a beat up old industrial city, it has the beautiful Great Falls and a thriving Arabic Section though - Wayne has William Paterson University, there's a nice mall there as well... Can't say there's much else there, it has beautiful scenery though (lots of rolling hills).
Union: Elizabeth... again, not so great, but not so bad... I'm actually not familiar with union county, really.
Miami and having beaches is hard to beat, but SEFL as a whole is way behind NENJ in many many categories.
Last edited by BPerone201; 07-26-2011 at 11:41 PM..
NE NJ has nothing to do with nyc, its just a fuking awesome place...*** nyc...period.
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