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Bucks County, PA would be part of Philadelphia Metro.
I live in Bucks County about midway between Philly and Trenton on 95 and 1. It's all Philly metro. People around here don't go into NJ if they don't have to.
When I was renting I had one neighbor who commuted to Trenton, working for the state government. He was grandfathered in. Nowadays a job like his would require state residency.
There you go, ONE town over doesn't even see a difference. Quaker Bridge Mall, Rider Univerisity, Halo Farm all use the "ville" in their location.
Semantics and I daresay the people who actually pay a premium to live in Lawrenceville would beg to differ, but since I can't afford to live there, I've got no skin in the game.
Just goes to show thay they use a forumula and there isnt much truth/reality behind these.
Seriously; off-hand I would put Trenton near the bottom of the NJ list not #1. Putting aside the high crime it's just kind of boring, not much nightlife history or culture to speak of. The towns south and mainly north are nice (and Lawrenceville Princeton etc) but they're not Trenton.
Seriously; off-hand I would put Trenton near the bottom of the NJ list not #1. Putting aside the high crime it's just kind of boring, not much nightlife history or culture to speak of. The towns south and mainly north are nice (and Lawrenceville Princeton etc) but they're not Trenton.
Trenton is about as bottom of the barrel as it gets in NJ, along with Camden and (inland) Asbury Park. 99.9% of the rest of the state is better.
Hamilton is also quite large. Population wise it’s almost as big as Edison. So no of course not all of it is bad. There are plenty of perfectly nice, quiet areas that are Leave-It-To-Beaver safe, mostly near the “square” and Rt 130 corridor and east of that. But I think it’s saved by its size. 3 high schools in 3 very different parts of town. You don’t have that option in Ewing or Lawrenceville though since those towns are 1/3 the size each. 3 high schools vs 1 where all the elements mix.
Bordentown is a decent area, has decent schools, has a bit of a downtown that sort of reminds me of Chestnut Hill. It does not directly border the city limits of Trenton though, just some (rather questionable) adjacent areas in Hamilton.
Many people in NJ retire across the border in PA where retirement account income is tax free (from state and local taxes)
Good to know, living in PA I have that to look forward to. Been here 8 years and this state just keeps getting better and better. My father retired about 6 months after my son was born. They are still living in the house we grew up in. The mortgage is paid off, but they're still paying the $10K a year in property taxes. I have no idea how they can afford it. We never had that much money growing up. My dad struggled a LOT to make a living and we could barely afford to heat or cool the house sometimes. I have made suggestions for them to move here where cost of everything - taxes, car insurance, homeowner's insurance, pretty much anything except gas - is substantially cheaper. My mother is afraid to cross a state line, and has been sheltering herself in a bubble for the past 30 years like an agoraphobic, I often question the likelihood of one's mind going loopy in old age. As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
And newark is on the cusp of successful revitalization
and windmills are not killing dolphins and whales
and AC is about to become a tourist destination because of casinos
and Trenton, not surrounding areas, is a retirement mecca.
This is why NJ is a one party sanctuary state and Spartacus could get elected as a senator, fairy tales appear in the media and voters vote party line to avoid the gut wrenching pain of critical evaluation.
We once tried to follow Zuckerberg's money donated to Newark, we will not have any luck tracking the cash link to news week.
5 years ago
Newsweek is in the news—raided by the police last month as part of a probe into the owners’ shady finances, then subjected to a crude purge on Monday, when the owners sacked the editors and reporters who tried to write about the scandal.
A days ago a big laugh.....World Finance Named One of Newsweek's Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2023
Now if that does not make you laugh, given the recommendation of Trenton and NJ as one of the best places to live, by Newsweek, you likely believe Trump colluded with russia to win in 2016 and bill clinton did not have sex with that woman!
I think you are limiting Hamilton’s good parts if you are saying east of 130. That has much more of a Monmouth County feel to it. If personal preference is bigger space and more greenery, I agree with your assessment. But, Hamilton has some really solid, close knit neighborhoods.
I’d say anything east of 295 is generally fine. Hamilton is large and each area has a different feel. Groveville area is also very nice and more spacious.
Ultimately it’s hard to make any blanket statements about any area. A lot of neighborhoods in Hamilton & Ewing have generational neighborhoods with great people who take pride in their homes. I’ve been to Ewing around TCNJ, and there are some very solid neighborhoods and streets in that area.
Hamilton is nothing like Monmouth County, unless you mean that southwestern “limb” by Millstone (around my neck) and Upper Freehold/Allentown which is very far removed from the rest of Monmouth County. I would agree the general rule of thumb in the Trenton-adjacent towns is to be outside the 295 loop. There is a difference in Hamilton at least once you get west of the highway. Never said Ewing and Lawrenceville were devoid of any nice areas either. But the further away you are from the city border, the better.
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