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I think in general that's true, but just as Mercer is a complete toss-up, some of the Monmouth, Middlesex, and Burlington border towns are as well:
BURLINGTON
Bordentown City
Bordentown Township
Chesterfield
Increasingly, I think you tend to find a lot of North Jersey transplants in these areas and that you still tend to get both Philly and NYC networks offered on local cable systems. You definitely get terrestrial radio from both markets in these towns. I spent a lot of time in these towns in my younger years and it was difficult to tell where Mercer ended and Burlington began.
MIDDLESEX
Cranbury
Plainsboro
Cranbury and Plainsboro I feel are toss-up-to-definitely-NYC-metro. Plainsboro is one of the few towns which has a cross-county school district (West Windsor-Plainsboro) which brings in Mercer influence, but both areas are NYC commuter hotbeds. Interestingly, Cranbury also has a sending relationship with Princeton, which also brings in some toss-up Mercer influence, but still, these towns are more NYC oriented.
MONMOUTH
Upper Freehold
Allentown
Millstone
There are no New York channels on cable in Bordentown. Comcast which services the area only has NYC when you get into the Trenton system.
I'm not sure how you say those Middlesex/Monmouth county towns are "toss-up" but then say also lean NYC. The lean is so much stronger to NYC than Philly to be "toss-up"
I can tell when Mercer ends and Burlington begins. Burlington has dumpy/dilapidated shopping centers, and less in way of of those big office parks. Pretty much you see discount stores, car dealerships, Wawa lining up northern Burlington county, but it doesn't become more diversified until you get away from 130, and south towards/into Mt. Laurel.
Terrestrial Radio for NYC in Burlington County might be possible with car radio, but for most part, Philly stations are stronger. The 101.1 you get is B101, not the New York 101.1.
There are no New York channels on cable in Bordentown. Comcast which services the area only has NYC when you get into the Trenton system.
Never actually lived there so I wasn't sure, but I had thought that was true at one time.
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I'm not sure how you say those Middlesex/Monmouth county towns are "toss-up" but then say also lean NYC. The lean is so much stronger to NYC than Philly to be "toss-up"
Just in terms of sports allegiances and what part of the state they "feel like," ie: South Jersey vs. North Jersey, both which are proxies for the Philly and NYC Metro areas.
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I can tell when Mercer ends and Burlington begins. Burlington has dumpy/dilapidated shopping centers, and less in way of of those big office parks. Pretty much you see discount stores, car dealerships, Wawa lining up northern Burlington county, but it doesn't become more diversified until you get away from 130, and south towards/into Mt. Laurel.
Along the 130/206 corridor sure. I was referring more to the Chesterfield/Crosswicks/Bordentown Township areas.
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Terrestrial Radio for NYC in Burlington County might be possible with car radio, but for most part, Philly stations are stronger. The 101.1 you get is B101, not the New York 101.1.
NYC radio is easily received in the border towns of Burlington County.
Still don't get why Hunterdon would go for Philly, given it is so far north.
I don't think its so much that Hunterdon itself is influenced by Philly, I think it's that Hunterdon/Warren are influenced by the Lehigh Valley which is influenced by Philly. Lots of Eagles and Flyers fans up here for sure.
I don't think its so much that Hunterdon itself is influenced by Philly, I think it's that Hunterdon/Warren are influenced by the Lehigh Valley which is influenced by Philly. Lots of Eagles and Flyers fans up here for sure.
Yep...I think I've been looking at this NY/Philly divide in NJ the wrong way.
It's not that Cranbury/Jamesburg or Highstown are suburban NYC versus Philly....it's that the areas surrounding Trenton are the suburbs of Trenton, which are orientated towards Philly/the DE river...whereas north of I-195, those areas really are suburbs of New Brunswick, which is orientated towards NY harbor not the DE river and NY.
Yep...I think I've been looking at this NY/Philly divide in NJ the wrong way.
It's not that Cranbury/Jamesburg or Highstown are suburban NYC versus Philly....it's that the areas surrounding Trenton are the suburbs of Trenton, which are orientated towards Philly/the DE river...whereas north of I-195, those areas really are suburbs of New Brunswick, which is orientated towards NY harbor not the DE river and NY.
Yep...I think I've been looking at this NY/Philly divide in NJ the wrong way.
It's not that Cranbury/Jamesburg or Highstown are suburban NYC versus Philly....it's that the areas surrounding Trenton are the suburbs of Trenton, which are orientated towards Philly/the DE river...whereas north of I-195, those areas really are suburbs of New Brunswick, which is orientated towards NY harbor not the DE river and NY.
Interestingly I am looking into "cutting the cord" and going with an Amazon Recast which will allow us to integrate Amazon Fire TV (content via internet streaming) and over-the-air TV which I'll need to install a roof mount antenna to get. I should have no problem pulling in channels 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10, which means I'll get New York and Philly news just like when I was growing up in Mercer County. My wife, who grew up on New York news gets a chuckle out of the fact that just hearing this instantly brings me back to my childhood:
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but this makes sense as someone just over the border
