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And if you care at all about your kids' educations, South Jersey high schools are not that good. Only two (Haddonfield & Moorestown) rank in the top 50 of NJ Monthly's annual Top High Schools list. Must be your proximity to Philadelphia.
I went to Catholic School, and we have some very good Catholic schools. Vineland High is a decent enough school though. It offers a decent amount of courses and the honors ones usually do prepare students for college. Almost every years a few of their kids go to an Ivy League school. The problem is, there's also a decent number of rock bottom students from the rundown portion of our town. Anyway, claiming that it's better for the children is a bit B.S., because personally, I would not want to raise kids up here based on the kind of culture there is up here. It's too fast paced IMO. I agree with the Gambler. In NJ, you buy a lifestyle, and people to defend it vehemently, partly because it's much better than the stereotype and we want people to realize that. I can't stand not living in a rural area or being more than 30-40 minuets from the beach.
I went to Catholic School, and we have some very good Catholic schools. Vineland High is a decent enough school though. It offers a decent amount of courses and the honors ones usually do prepare students for college. Almost every years a few of their kids go to an Ivy League school. The problem is, there's also a decent number of rock bottom students from the rundown portion of our town. Anyway, claiming that it's better for the children is a bit B.S., because personally, I would not want to raise kids up here based on the kind of culture there is up here. It's too fast paced IMO. I agree with the Gambler. In NJ, you buy a lifestyle, and people to defend it vehemently, partly because it's much better than the stereotype and we want people to realize that. I can't stand not living in a rural area or being more than 30-40 minuets from the beach.
Culture up where? You mean Cherry Hill and Toms River aren't congested and fast paced? Most of the state is like that.
I'd send my kids to Millburn or Ridgewood over Don Bosco or Bergen Catholic any day. You're not getting a better education at Catholic schools, sorry. Maybe more discipline but that's it.
Culture up where? You mean Cherry Hill and Toms River aren't congested and fast paced? Most of the state is like that.
I'd send my kids to Millburn or Ridgewood over Don Bosco or Bergen Catholic any day. You're not getting a better education at Catholic schools, sorry. Maybe more discipline but that's it.
Honestly, I know little of Cherry Hill, and Toms River isn't even South Jersey.
I liked Catholic School, and think I'm a better person for it (not that I'm better than people who didn't, I just feel that I would have been more a-moral had I gone to public school) Places like Vineland, Mays Landing, Glassboro, and Somer's Point are all pretty laid back and slower. Since I'm not interested in the public schools of NJ, in that when I do have kids, I'd like to send them to the Catholic School, I really don't care about school districts.
I have to say, there are plenty of good Catholic schools, but they've been losing money and our Catholic school raised all kinds of fees like CCD to make up for it. IMO they're struggling more than the public schools right now
I have to say, there are plenty of good Catholic schools, but they've been losing money and our Catholic school raised all kinds of fees like CCD to make up for it. IMO they're struggling more than the public schools right now
Money wise, they really are, because parents aren't sending their kids to Catholic school like the used to.
You're right (yes, I realize you're being sarcastic, so I'll take it as you meaning the opposite), but I'll take Hammonton over Maplewood any day of the week. Or Mayslanding over Hacketstown. People in both halves of this state need to stop stereotyping each other.
Edit: A better response would have been saying that Irvington is SOOOOOOOO much better than Cape May.
well duh. That's my point. I'm not the one spouting blanket statement like our resident hater.
My wife is a Northerner, and when i say lets go to the "City" I'm thinking Philadelphia and She's thinking New York City. South Jersey has way less traffic and housing is cheaper, but we suffer on the job front. Many area's are highly seasonal employment wise, in Cape may County, The unemployment rate in Cape May shoots up to 25 percent in the winter and down to 7 percent in the summer. The Casino's are also seasonal, as they hire more workers in the summer and lay them off at the end of the season. For good employment opportunities generally you stuck commuting to Philadelphia or North Jersey. As for housing density, in many areas it just as bad as North Jersey, you have to remember that building is restricted in the Pine Barrens which takes up a good part of the middle of the south Jersey and no building in the marshlands on the coast.
Having been raised up north and living in Middlesex Cty now, I have to agree. I'm 30 minutes to the beach, 45 minutes to NYC and maybe an hour to Philly - not that I'd actually step foot in that sh*thole, but still.....
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