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Old 07-08-2014, 10:08 PM
 
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Thanks for the info TDSNJ. We have decided to try to live in westfield, if we can, which almost certainly means we will be looking in this neighborhood.. I have read about the north v. south thing before, many people say it is overblown. I doubt it would bother us anyway, as we don't really play in to the keeping up with the jones' mentality.

W broad is busy, but having lived in NYC for a few years, we would be ok with a busy street so long as the property had a decent sized back yard. Thanks for the info re: McKinley, that was one our biggest concerns.

I wrote about the schools in an older post - Wilson is perennially ranked the best but the McKinley parents tend to rave the most about how happy they are. Disclaimer: my kids do not have any experience w/ either of those schools but that's what I hear.

Neon's post made me laugh, tongue-in-cheek as it was. There are lots of nice sections on the south side - take a drive around the Stoneleigh Park circle. I have not encountered any of the snobs that posters from other towns claim live all throughout Westfield. Westfield may not be a hippie/granola type of town but it is a very wholesome pro-family town with a lot of people with good, solid church-going values.

Some of the houses on West Broad have good fences w/ trees to provide some barrier, but you're right - if you can handle Manhattan, West Broad is nothing. I remember the first time I slept at a friend's apt. in Manhattan - the noise from the traffic explained why it is called the city that never sleeps. West Broad has less traffic than Central Avenue, though.

Best of luck - I hope you find good value with mortgage rates so low! See you in Trader Joe's!
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Old 07-09-2014, 02:32 PM
 
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just to echo what others have said. i happen to live on the north side, but the whole north vs. south thing is nonsense. find the house you like, regardless of what side of town it happens to be on. all of the elementary schools are excellent, you can't go wrong with any of them.

personally, I wouldn't want to live on W Broad due to the traffic, but unless your budget is unlimited compromises must be made and you can probably get more house for your money because of the location.
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Old 07-10-2014, 05:52 AM
 
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Thanks, I appreciate all the information!
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