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No, there's nothing there that you can't find elsewhere but, you don't have to die a slow, painful, chain restaurant death.
A more apt comparison would be a Prius and a Ford F-150 pickup.
There are non major chain restaurants, including Pietro's (on 70) and Toscana in CH, which is more the Marlton area, than the Cherry Hill retail area (which is the west side). One just has to look a bit.
Anyways, Moorestown residents can easily drive to Marlton, and vice versa to dine out. And Marlton is close to Voorhees and CH as well. Collingswood is a hike but doable. Going to Deptford would be a hike to eat out, but that'd be the same case for Moorestown residents. People from other parts of SJ find their way to the Trader Joes and Whole Foods in Marlton. The Marlton ShopRite added an organics section, and the store, in general, remains better than most other area ShopRites.
From a restaurant/retail perspective, I don't see Marlton disadvantaged. It's considered leaning upscale and robust with a lot of retail from popular chains. It'd be great if LA Fitness or a larger gym opened in Marlton though. But the Mt. Laurel location and stores in Centerton Square and the plazas off Route 38 aren't too far from both Marlton or Moorestown.
One advantage in the Moorestown column, not mentioned, is commute. It is closer to Philly and PA towns, and even I-295 for Princeton. 73 traffic and traffic lights on 70 can make Marlton a little less tolerable since it adds 10-15 mins each way than CH or Moorestown.
I moved to Marlton a little over a year ago and am starting to wonder if I should have spent more time looking into other areas like Moorestown. We really love our house and the neighborhood itself is beautiful, but as a whole I'm not sure that Marlton is what I thought it would be. Our neighbors are definitely all around retirement age, having bought in the 90s. I definitely don't see many (or any) younger professional couples or families, or diversity among the younger crowd. And I'm wishing I'd chosen a better school district.
Is Moorestown demographically more of the same, apart from having better schools?
Moorestown was settled in 1682, Marlton is highway sprawl...two towns are nothing alike
I live in Marlton and as far as restaurants go I have always considered the neighboring towns as local. Vorhees, Cherry Hill, Mt Laurel and Medford all add a good variety.
I was surprised to learn that Moorestown was a township. I would have thought it was a borough. I've been through there during the evening rush hour and the traffic is just ridiculous. Evesham, on the other hand, I've quite familiar with parts of it, having gone to summer camp for years as a kid in the part of the township that's in the Pine Barrens. I guess there's a part of it that's more built up? That's unfortunate, but I wouldn't really know. The two townships are quite different in my mind for my experiences in each of them.
There are non major chain restaurants, including Pietro's (on 70) and Toscana in CH, which is more the Marlton area, than the Cherry Hill retail area (which is the west side). One just has to look a bit.
Anyways, Moorestown residents can easily drive to Marlton, and vice versa to dine out. And Marlton is close to Voorhees and CH as well. Collingswood is a hike but doable. Going to Deptford would be a hike to eat out, but that'd be the same case for Moorestown residents. People from other parts of SJ find their way to the Trader Joes and Whole Foods in Marlton. The Marlton ShopRite added an organics section, and the store, in general, remains better than most other area ShopRites.
From a restaurant/retail perspective, I don't see Marlton disadvantaged. It's considered leaning upscale and robust with a lot of retail from popular chains. It'd be great if LA Fitness or a larger gym opened in Marlton though. But the Mt. Laurel location and stores in Centerton Square and the plazas off Route 38 aren't too far from both Marlton or Moorestown.
One advantage in the Moorestown column, not mentioned, is commute. It is closer to Philly and PA towns, and even I-295 for Princeton. 73 traffic and traffic lights on 70 can make Marlton a little less tolerable since it adds 10-15 mins each way than CH or Moorestown.
No, Marlton definitely isn't disadvantaged. I did rue the day when 641 on Rt. 73 was picked up by Scaturrow's. 841 had a terrific seasonal menu. Library II still serves a terrific steak. I've been to buck-a- shuck at the Pour House and the Irish Mile for some serious pizza (sorry that they dropped their seafood).
Well, this isn't just about food. When living there, I really liked that I could turn left and drive toward 'civilization' or turn right and be in state forest, park land in 15 or 20 minutes.
*OK, maybe it is about food. Marlton Shopright, and Medford are nice markets. Whole Foods and Trader Joe's are just up the road. Two Asian markets in Cherry Hill? I really liked that there was an LLBean and an REI across the street from each other.
As much as I love Moorestown, I do believe that Haddonfield has a better downtown area..
While downtown Moorestown looks nice, it is dead in comparison to Haddonfield.
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