I am so sick,of these posts! (real estate, school rankings)
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The interesting part of NJ that most if us are used to because we're surrounded and immersed in it is in NJ often within minutes you can go from mountains and forests to ocean and beaches and the communities range from rural through all sorts of suburban variations to all sorts of urban cities.
A lot of us are familar with 99% of it but to someone from a different state or country it can be bewildering.
I can understand the OP's frustration. If the people who start those threads would just use the search function they would see that their question has been answered already ad infinitum. However, the NJ board would be considerably smaller if these posters were directed towards similar previous threads, but I don't think that is in the best interests of the people who own City Data. There is a method to the madness, so to speak.
I'm looking for a unsafe town with mediocre to horrible schools, nonexistent downtown, 2 hour commute to NY in the $75k to $150k
might be much easier to find. Any ideas?
Trenton or Camden might work (although for Camden you'll have to drive to keep the commute down, and with your car getting stolen all the time that might be a problem). Trenton has a downtown but it's lousy. If you can handle a shorter commute, Paterson might work; not sure if it has a downtown or it's all boarded up.
If I see one more post titled.....looking for safe town with excellent schools, walkable downtown, easy commute to NYC on train, $400-$500,000 range....I'm going to scream!
Sorry...feeding my newborn in the middle of the night for the second time and am delirious from lack of sleep!
And they always want LOW TAXES! I always shake my head *not in New Jersey*
I guess nobody here realizes that people post the same questions and get the same answers. Specific questions about towns are good. The same question looking for some perfect, non existent town drives me nuts.
Maybe you missed it, but we had a pretty funny thread about that very subject sometime last year. Too lazy to look right now.
In addition to low taxes, modern housing, large lots, 1/2 hour to NYC, excellent schools, a walkable downtown and a family-friendly environment - you also get the "I want a neighborhood that's mostly _____" (Chinese, Indian, Italian, German, Jewish, gay, black, etc.) This one kills me the most. Especially from Manhattanites who live in supposedly the most diverse city in the world.
I don't think people are purposely posting questions that were already asked. Searching the forum doesn't always turn up much information, or even threads on your search topic, leaving people with no choice but to start a new thread. Sometimes when you do, you still get little information.
Personally, I figured honing in on one's good old fashioned research paper skills will get you more information, minus the snide remarks, and resident trolls. It just takes more time. The "get it now" mentality of the information age, is why people don't have patience to do a bit more meticulous research. Another reason many still use these forums is because they live too far to actually visit the places, which is a major step, and MUST, if possible, in relocation research. I learned the HARD way, that it takes several visits, week days and weekends, to get a true feel of a town in ways that can't be graphed.
I sincerely appreciate the information I've gotten from those who actually did give information & relocation advice(many posts/comments have little to do with relocation,or errmmm city "data") on this forum. That being said, after being a member of the forum for 5+ yrs, I still prefer other sites online for more detailed and accurate information.
I don't think people are purposely posting questions that were already asked. Searching the forum doesn't always turn up much information, or even threads on your search topic, leaving people with no choice but to start a new thread. Sometimes when you do, you still get little information.
You don't even need to search. Just scroll through about 10 pages on this forum and you will see a dozen or so threads. That's how I did it back in 2010 when I was looking to move from Brooklyn. I never posted a thread, I just read up on all the relevant posts (of course, with new threads popping up every other day). I got some really good information and visited various towns. People are too lazy to do any reading before they post questions.
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