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My wife and I are considering a move to Berkeley Heights, NJ. I understand that a large percentage of the population is Catholic. My wife and I are not religious and do not belong to a church. We don't have any problem with people who are religious, but I wanted to get some input as to how big a part of the culture religion is in Berkeley Heights. We have a young son and I wouldn't want him to feel left out if the majority of the kids are very religious.
My cousins, who live in an "unnamed town in Long Island", had felt somewhat left out when they were growing up. The majority of their town was Catholic and they weren't religious at all. That's not to say they didn't make great friends there, but on a certain level, they always felt a little out of place.
Again, I want to stress that I have no problem with people of any denomination. My objective is to get a feel for how prevalent religion is in Berkeley Heights. It would be great to hear from some current / former residents who went through the school system.
I lived there for five years and can honestly say that the thought ever occurred to me. We only moved because our first house happened to be in Madison, but I always liked the town, and never found religion or ethnic questions to be an issue.
Sorry, can't comment on the schools, but my older neighbors never had concerns about any of that.
My wife and I are considering a move to Berkeley Heights, NJ. I understand that a large percentage of the population is Catholic. My wife and I are not religious and do not belong to a church. We don't have any problem with people who are religious, but I wanted to get some input as to how big a part of the culture religion is in Berkeley Heights. We have a young son and I wouldn't want him to feel left out if the majority of the kids are very religious.
My cousins, who live in an "unnamed town in Long Island", had felt somewhat left out when they were growing up. The majority of their town was Catholic and they weren't religious at all. That's not to say they didn't make great friends there, but on a certain level, they always felt a little out of place.
Again, I want to stress that I have no problem with people of any denomination. My objective is to get a feel for how prevalent religion is in Berkeley Heights. It would be great to hear from some current / former residents who went through the school system.
I wouldn't worry about it, and I don't think anyone in Berkeley Heights will really care one way or the other. Just live your live ethically and morally, which, as you must know, one can do with or without religion, and you will be welcomed by all. Feeling "left out" is a personal issue. You will never be "left out" if you "do unto others", give your neighbors a helping hand when they need it, be of good humor, and be an asset to the community rather than a liability.
Like most towns in this area, people come in all stripes. Some belong to one church or another, some to a temple, some to a mosque, and some to nothing at all. You will form your social group out of those with whom you have something in common, and it can easily be something other than religion.
This is great feedback, thank you for the input. Again, I usually don't put much emphasis on this type of stuff, but after speaking with my cousin about his situation, I figured it couldn't hurt to inquire.
Like most towns in this area, people come in all stripes. Some belong to one church or another, some to a temple, some to a mosque, and some to nothing at all. You will form your social group out of those with whom you have something in common, and it can easily be something other than religion.
Don't worry about it.
BH is part of the Governor Livingston School system which is a regional high school. I wouldn't worry about being from BH or another town at that time (for your children). Before then, the towns around BH are so squeezed together you might drive out of one before you know it. Consequently, the old timers and 'clicks' you fear are more concerned with finding each other than with others trying to fit in. I've never heard of one religion dominating over the people there as you implied from NY.
As a matter of fact, there was one religion, which turned to being a cult, which was driven out of BH in the past decade or so. So I wouldn't fear about being alienated or pushed toward one group over the other.
um, you are I-Talian, aren't you?
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