NJ Monthly: Best Places To Live (Newark, Westfield: buying, living, move to)

[AnesthesiaMD]

Originally Posted by kalim2008

Why not? Clark, Westfield, and Cranford are next to each other, and I personally can't say which is better.

Between these 3 towns, it's easy to say which is better. Go ask 100 people where they would prefer to live and I think you will get your answer. Which is better on a dollar for dollar basis is another story. The list is titled "best places to live", not best town for the money. There is a reason expensive towns are expensive, and cheap towns are cheap. It is a free market, therefore the expensive towns will invariably, by definition, be "better" for most people. I wouldn't live in some of the towns that are in the middle of the list if you gave me a nice house for free. Why aren't these towns dead last? Verona was ranked something like 3rd. While Verona is a perfectly nice town, there are probably 150 towns I would choose before Verona. As I said, the list is a joke.

[kalim2008]

Originally Posted by JackedInPrinceton

Its all numbers... whats it mean? Nothing. You should decide where you want to live.... Joe Nobody? You are putting yourself down there. Are they better than you because they rank towns? No. Spend some time in Watchung... if YOU like it better than Watchung is for YOU. The only one deciding where you should live is yourself. Dont take some so called "guru's" word for it. Research it and make a decision. Good luck!

Sure, in the end it's all personal, but it is interesting to see how towns rank when various methodologies are applied to them.

I definitely was surprised to see Cranford so high up, although I probably shouldn't since the demand for homes here is pretty strong given the strong HS, good home values, nearness to trains, and overall safety and quaintness of the town.

[kalim2008]

Originally Posted by AnesthesiaMD

Between these 3 towns, it's easy to say which is better.

Since I live in Cranford (and go around all 3 a lot), I would have to say Cranford is best overall, and you'd better have something to show that would prove otherwise

[JackedInPrinceton]

Originally Posted by kalim2008

Sure, in the end it's all personal, but it is interesting to see how towns rank when various methodologies are applied to them.

I definitely was surprised to see Cranford so high up, although I probably shouldn't since the demand for homes here is pretty strong given the strong HS, good home values, nearness to trains, and overall safety and quaintness of the town.

I guess it is interesting... Esp the one about Trenton being among the most walkable cities! I like that list lol

[AnesthesiaMD]

Originally Posted by kalim2008

Since I live in Cranford (and go around all 3 a lot), I would have to say Cranford is best overall, and you'd better have something to show that would prove otherwise

OK. Fair enough. LOL

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by kalim2008

Since I live in Cranford (and go around all 3 a lot), I would have to say Cranford is best overall, and you'd better have something to show that would prove otherwise

well, at least you're honest. lol here's why this list is a joke:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-j...ew-jersey.html

[JerzBoy]

haha Woolwich Twp and Camden are ranked right next to each other. This list really is a joke.

[FUALL]

Originally Posted by kalim2008

It's funny, we live in cranford and were looking to move to someplace like Watchung, and now it turns out given all factors, it's much better to live in Cranford (#37 out of 566 towns)

New Jersey Monthly (njmonthly.com) (broken link)

My god! That list should be listed from Worst to Best, and not the other way around!

Montgomery Township has the best school system in NJ and it's ranked way at the bottom (500 something!)!

Someone should sue this magazine!

[FUALL]

Originally Posted by kalim2008

It's funny, we live in cranford and were looking to move to someplace like Watchung, and now it turns out given all factors, it's much better to live in Cranford (#37 out of 566 towns)

New Jersey Monthly (njmonthly.com) (broken link)

Are you kidding me? Watchung is one of the elite places to live in New Jersey.

[FUALL]

Originally Posted by tahiti

well, at least you're honest. lol here's why this list is a joke:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-j...ew-jersey.html

I would say Clark and Cranford are similar, but Westfield is in a totally different league than those two. 99 out of 100 people would pick Westfield over Cranford.