The Best Towns in New Jersey (Newark, Jersey City: crime rates, home, unemployment)

[drs688]

New Jersey Monthly has just released a new ranking of all 566 New Jersey Towns on their website New Jersey Monthly (njmonthly.com).

[tahiti]

OMG - this is a bigger crock than Money's list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Secaucus ahead of MOUNTAIN LAKES, ALPINE, MONTVILLE, CLOSTER, BEDMINSTER, CHESTER, HARDING?


Jersey City ahead of MARLBORO, DEAL, MOORESTOWN?


for instance

This takes the cake!

[billb7581]

Wow, just wow. That list is terrible for my area. I wouldn't go by it if you were ranking places you actually wanted to live.

244. Riverside!
above
300. Voorhees
306. Bordentown
320. Delran
334. Moorestown
379. Palmyra
408 Westampton
468. Cinnaminson

[Calico696]

That list is scary

[marye711]

I looked at the list the median home price for cape may $295K??? Lincoln Park $350K maybe in the flood zone........those prices seem way off

[billb7581]

The methodoligy is terrible. Household income is one of the strongest indicators of a town's desirablility

To level the playing field, household income was not considered, and home values were measured by their rate of increase over five years rather than by current prices. To compare land development, towns with relatively slower growth and more open space were rated more favorably. Towns with lower unemployment and crime rates also scored higher, as did those closer to hospitals.
A statistical standardization technique was used to rank all 566 municipalities according to the eight indicators; an average of the eight numerical values for each municipality determined its final rank.

[marye711]

Originally Posted by Calico696

That list is scary

I agree Sussex and Franklin were rated better than Hamburg where I live

[JerseyGirl08]

Oh My what are is the judging based on. Upper Saddle River is 549 out 566.... What?
Little Ferry is number 35, Woodridge is 39 and Teterboro which is one Giant Aiport is 46... I don't think so.

[MoorestownResident]

Originally Posted by billb7581

Wow, just wow. That list is terrible for my area. I wouldn't go by it if you were ranking places you actually wanted to live.

244. Riverside!
above
300. Voorhees
306. Bordentown
320. Delran
334. Moorestown
379. Palmyra
408 Westampton
468. Cinnaminson

Moorestown ranked 78th nationally in the most recent Money release, after having ranked #1 in 2005. No sweat. I think I'll believe Money over NJ Rag, I mean, Mag, which is sure to have a heavy North Jersey bias. Anyone who knows anything about Moorestown knows it is one of the very best places to live in NJ, certainly not among the worst.

[BaskingRidgeMom]

Wow!!! I took a real quick glance and couldn't believe that East Newark, Secaucas and
South Bound Brook), beat out towns such as Harding, Chester, and etc... Remember publications such as NJ Montly are "paid" by their advertisers...hmm would I rather live in Newark or Harding?????