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09-03-2014, 12:38 PM
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From the info I get, it appears the 2 parts of Bergen County are very different. Southern Bergen is more diverse and cheaper to live in, while Northern Bergen is wealthier, has larger properties and better schools.
What is the geographic dividing line between Northern and Southern Bergen County? What are the good and bad parts of each region?
Thanks.
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09-03-2014, 01:05 PM
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The neighborhoods south and southwest of rte 4. Why do you ask?
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09-03-2014, 01:21 PM
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relative to itself, i guess you can say there are different sections of bergen county. i grew up in mahwah, so northern bergen county. that said, relative to the world and US, bergen county is extremely wealthy and safe
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09-03-2014, 03:53 PM
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I didn't know Bergen County had a Mason-Dixon line!
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09-03-2014, 05:18 PM
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I didn't know Bergen County had a Mason-Dixon line!
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It does. It's Fair Lawn on East... |
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09-03-2014, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin1975
I didn't know Bergen County had a Mason-Dixon line!
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Make no mistake about it, it does. I would say Bergen's mason dixon falls somewhere in Paramus.
Op: northern Bergen is wealthier, more bucolic and more republican. |
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09-03-2014, 10:41 PM
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Rte 4 is a good dividing line. It puts Englewood Cliffs and Tenafly in north Bergen, but also buts Bergenfield up there. Bergenfield should be in south Bergen for demographics.
Isnt Mahwah less affluent too? I believe believe Riveredge, new milford, Dumont, and maybe Westwood and Waldwick are also less affluent.
But RTE 4 is still pretty good.
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09-04-2014, 01:03 PM
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having grown up in mahwah i can tell you for sure it has its own classes as well. as mentioned above, rio vista is the rich home section along with some areas near northern highlands HS that is still coded as mahwah. i lived in the society hill condos and always felt like i was just a notch above the jackson whites as far as "riches" are concerned. most of my friends did/had things i wanted but my family couldn't afford. so overall mahwah is upper middle class but pretty divided if you get into it but i'm sure there are many rich towns like that... except maybe alpine
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09-04-2014, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
Rte 4 is a good dividing line. It puts Englewood Cliffs and Tenafly in north Bergen, but also buts Bergenfield up there. Bergenfield should be in south Bergen for demographics.
Isnt Mahwah less affluent too? I believe believe Riveredge, new milford, Dumont, and maybe Westwood and Waldwick are also less affluent.
But RTE 4 is still pretty good.
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Not sure I agree that Rte 4 itself makes sense as a dividing line. Then Fair Lawn becomes North Bergen while it is solidly middle, middle class. Saddle Brook then becomes South Bergen while I think it is like Fair Lawn, if not more prosperous... |
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09-04-2014, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by DefiantNJ
Not sure I agree that Rte 4 itself makes sense as a dividing line. Then Fair Lawn becomes North Bergen while it is solidly middle, middle class. Saddle Brook then becomes South Bergen while I think it is like Fair Lawn, if not more prosperous...
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Nowhere in any multiverse is Saddle Brook more affluent than Fair Lawn. While Saddle Brook has some very nice areas and houses, the town as a whole is still fairly blue-collar and more like Southern Bergen County's towns. The schools aren't very good either.
I say Fair Lawn is the dividing line. The parts bordering the less affluent towns look a lot like those towns. The parts bordering the more affluent towns look like... you know.
It's the bridge between the working-class and the affluent towns. |
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