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Where are the low income whites in NJ? Which towns/cities are they? I'm talking about towns/cities that are over at least 60% white btw. Or does that not exist in new jersey? I have always wondered this.
I have changed my mind on this subject. Lots of white and blacks living in NJ have become poor just by living in NJ. Now lots of them have relocated to Southern states and are now back up to middle class.
Here is how that works, sell your mortgage free house in NJ and buy one newer and maybe slightly smaller down South for 1/2 the price of NJ. Bank the difference.
Instead of paying $10,000 in RE taxes you can live in a great neighborhood without mobile homes next door for around $2,000 RE taxes.
This only works if you are retired as they're are not too many jobs available.
If you find yourself with nothing to do you can always play golf, that seems to be what most everybody down here does.
About once or twice a year drive back up to NJ to visit friends and relatives and to also have some good pizza and bread. ( pizza and bread really sucks down here)
This only works if you are retired as they're are not too many jobs available
Au contraire- there's just as much job availability in most industries in the southern states as there is in NJ. Now, if you're talking about working in the stock market or the pharma industry, obviously that's not the case, but for careers like doctors, accountants, etc., you've find opportunities, as long as you're not 100 miles from a major city (which is the case in NJ as well).
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If you find yourself with nothing to do you can always play golf, that seems to be what most everybody down here does.
Actually, I think tennis is the more popular past-time, as it appeals to women and kids as well as men- golf is still predominantly a "man's sport" down here, whereas everybody plays tennis....
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About once or twice a year drive back up to NJ to visit friends and relatives and to also have some good pizza and bread. ( pizza and bread really sucks down here)
I dunno- I've found an excellent new pizza place near our house that rivals any of the local joints we had in NJ, and there are several others that are passable. We've also found sources for good bread. Even if that wasn't the case, I can survive without pizza and bread- though it seems some folks would have a meltdown without them.....lol.
Au contraire- there's just as much job availability in most industries in the southern states as there is in NJ. Now, if you're talking about working in the stock market or the pharma industry, obviously that's not the case, but for careers like doctors, accountants, etc., you've find opportunities, as long as you're not 100 miles from a major city (which is the case in NJ as well).
Actually, I think tennis is the more popular past-time, as it appeals to women and kids as well as men- golf is still predominantly a "man's sport" down here, whereas everybody plays tennis....
I dunno- I've found an excellent new pizza place near our house that rivals any of the local joints we had in NJ, and there are several others that are passable. We've also found sources for good bread. Even if that wasn't the case, I can survive without pizza and bread- though it seems some folks would have a meltdown without them.....lol.
I should have been more specific. Moore county NC is the golf capital of the USA ,80+ golf courses. That seems to be where most of the jobs are and it is definitely more popular than tennis. In 90 degree weather the tennis courts are empty and the golf courses are full.
In all honesty we did find pretty good pizza because the chef/ cook was willing to make it as we asked.(thin crust and light on the cheese with ground sausage. (yum)
Sussex County is cheaper than the other northern counties closer to NYC because it is relatively difficult to get to. But is it really poor? I just thought it was more realistic "middle-class", not poor.
I have seen areas of poor whites but not sure about whole towns in NJ.
I seen parts of Moorestown with small shacks for houses for working class whites only a mile away from the mansions and middle class developments.
Burlington is town of both poor whites and blacks who are barely getting by with abandoned store fronts.
In the town where I grew up in Cinnaminson, the poor whites lived near the tracks with the poor blacks. But most of my town is middle class with pockets of very wealthy families near the golf course.
Sussex County is cheaper than the other northern counties closer to NYC because it is relatively difficult to get to. But is it really poor? I just thought it was more realistic "middle-class", not poor.
No it really isn't much of a poor area. Mostly middle class.
If you go by school district enrollment which better represents the population because most older people in NJ are white. Since they are retired their low fixed incomes could skew the reality of the towns socioeconomic appearance.
So there aren't many left.
Most are in South Jersey. They only towns in North or Central Jersey I could think of are; Phillipsburg and Franklin(Sussex). That's about it.
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