Looking for areas in South Jersey with lots of recent immigrants

[Mar001]

Sorry for the drunkin message last night! OOPs had too many!!!!!!
Yes, your right, stay out of Camden - that's a pretty dangerous town! I wouldn't let my dog run loose there! (although they are trying to clean it up!)
You might want to check out Woodbury or Glassboro (Exit 2) (more likely Woodbury)

[mead]

Uh oh, are we going to re-open the ole' North Jersey v. South Jersey divide right on this forum? ;-)

The original poster seems to be from Queens although based upon the fact that she enjoys working with immigrants I am going to go out on a limb and guess that she is probably not originally from Queens. Most native born people from Queens seem to be very resentful about what has happened to their borough over the past couple of decades. (i.e. 3rd worldism galore).

As to the original poster, in all honesty there aren't that many immigrants in the Philly/South Jersey area as compared to the NYC metro area. In my mind, I think Philly probably has the smallest percentage of immigrants out of any of the major cities on the East Coast. NYC, Boston, DC all have a lot more.

Yes of course there are the Vietnamese in the area, and there are some Spanish people like the Mexicans in Norristown and some parts of Philly, but on the whole there isn't a flood of new immigrants like there is in NY. You can also find a decent ammount of South Asian people in the area, but a lot of them already spoke English, albeit with an accent, when they originally came here. Some were even born here.

So I think the market for an ESL teacher might be harder to come by in South Jersey than you might find in NYC.

[quietchazy]

I work in Vineland but live in Pittsgrove,Salem County. There are many Mexican/Hispanic workers in both Cumberland & Salem Counties that work on the farms, warehouses & some have businesses. Many have small children that are learning a second language along with their parents.

[Roselvr]

Pretty sure Hightstown would fit the bill.

[midnightrose227]

Bridgeton, Vineland and Hammonton are large farming communities that have received a large influx of immigrant in recent years. I am a resident of Vineland, and have seen the change in faces around these areas.

[mom4]

Everything has changed in Vineland in the past 20 years and its just getting worse.

[Lepke]

Lakewood and Freehold are bursting at the seams with undocumented workers / migrants (illegal aliens) whose kids don’t speak English. You can live very nicely in the adjoining towns. An easy no-traffic-to-speak- of commute.

[Paneristi80]

Originally Posted by Lepke

Lakewood and Freehold are bursting at the seams with undocumented workers / migrants (illegal aliens) whose kids don’t speak English. You can live very nicely in the adjoining towns. An easy no-traffic-to-speak- of commute.

Haddonfield, Cherry Hill, and several of the other very upscale towns you may be looking at are not diverse at all. Prob 95% or more white. You may want to consider North Jersey instead as another poster mentioned. The more diverse towns in south NJ tend to be the neighborhoods most wouldn't want to recommend living in.

[newmom5497]

IF you want to live near the shore I would look into Ocean City, NJ. My dh works there and we live nearby and we have noticed a huge influx of Mexican immigrants moving onto the island over the past 2 years to take construction jobs because of booming construction at the shore. The local schools in Ocean City have had a big increase in ESL students.

GOOD LUCK! I'm a teacher also, however we are heading out of the state to North Carolina. Make sure you have met the state PRAXIS II requirements. Its pretty competetive around here for job and many of the better schools will not even consider you without taking and passing the PRAXIS II. ALTHOUGH I do know that ESL teachers are always in demand.