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I've actually never heard of the town before all this came out. Since then, a colleague told me that it's a town that's really devoted to its wrestling team which is the center of this whole controversy, but he couldn't tell me more about the town itself.
Phillipsburg is essentially a run-down town that went into decline when the manufacturing jobs in the area dried-up. In other words, it has seen better days.
Then again, maybe it just looks less inviting because it sits across the Delaware from the much more interesting town of Easton, PA. (sarcasm intentional)
If you are contemplating moving there, you should be aware that P-burg sits squarely on the Reading Prong, which makes it subject to very high radon gas levels in buildings. I know somebody who bought a run-down multi-family dwelling in the hope of fixing it up and flipping it, but when he realized the costs that would be involved to remediate the incredibly high radon gas levels in the building (over and above the other needed renovations), he just walked away from his bargain property.
Phillipsburg is essentially a run-down town that went into decline when the manufacturing jobs in the area dried-up. In other words, it has seen better days.
Then again, maybe it just looks less inviting because it sits across the Delaware from the much more interesting town of Easton, PA. (sarcasm intentional)
If you are contemplating moving there, you should be aware that P-burg sits squarely on the Reading Prong, which makes it subject to very high radon gas levels in buildings. I know somebody who bought a run-down multi-family dwelling in the hope of fixing it up and flipping it, but when he realized the costs that would be involved to remediate the incredibly high radon gas levels in the building (over and above the other needed renovations), he just walked away from his bargain property.
It's not as run down as some of the towns you pass by on 1 and 9, that look like shanty towns, or some of the towns down south. There's nothing really down there, it has seen better days but then again so have many towns in the U.S. or Jersey if that matters. BTW, there is radon in many towns, if your friend had a good inspector he would have had the radon test conducted prior to purchase. Sometimes flippers get burned. Another word for a flipper - a speculator. Bulls and bears make money, pigs (speculators) get slaughtered at the trough.
Crappy town with a major highway running through it. I don't know why this type of town has always been known for their wrestling talent, but it has like Kearny with Soccer and Bosco with football. Kearny and Bosco I can understand why, but not P'burg.
P'burg high is a regional high school I believe and since Bosco is private I guess they are too.
I knew it was near PA but it's actually further south than I imagined. I thought it was closer to Route 80.
Yeah Bosco football...it's changed so much in just a couple of decades.
As far as Phillipsburg wrestling is concerned, I suppose somewhere along the way, it built itself a strong reputation and they've been able to keep it that way, though I do wonder what this fallout will do to the program.
Wrestling is big in Warren County in general. The Warren Hills/P'burg wrestling rivalry is pretty big. I wouldn't recommend living in P'burg. The crime rate is really high in comparison to other Warren County towns.
I was to Phillipsburgh a few weeks ago. I really liked the architecture there, lots of nineteenth-century architecture, fits in with the industrial Lehigh Valley-style. It was quite scenic along the river. That said, it's a economically depressed area that's lost its employment base. They do take their high school sports seriously, all I saw driving in were banners parotting their state, section champs and whatnot. Overall, that area of far Warren County is probably one of the less-know areas of North Jersey.
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