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I know some border areas blend seamlessly into a neighboring town but remember if you have children you will get assigned to the school district your house is physically in, barring some exceptions. Even if you don't have kids consider the re-sale value of your home. Living in a town with a poor school system, not matter how close it is to one with an excellent system, will devalue your property.
Actual crime statistics for East Orange paint a vastly different picture than what you'll see here. They've improved greatly over the last decade and are actually closer statistically to somewhere like South Orange than Newark or Orange. The overall financial demographic of the two towns is a pretty big difference though.
Actual crime statistics for East Orange paint a vastly different picture than what you'll see here. They've improved greatly over the last decade and are actually closer statistically to somewhere like South Orange than Newark or Orange. The overall financial demographic of the two towns is a pretty big difference though.
The crime rate has improved but the city is still really seedy. Just drive around town and you'll see steel gates on most businesses, even in the better areas like near the Bloomfield border. It is certainly not a place where you would want to invest money in a home, especially if you have kids.
It is certainly not a place where you would want to invest money in a home, especially if you have kids.
I don't know, if a place has turned a corner on crime recently but still has a negative reputation that could easily fade then that's not an entirely unreasonable place to invest money. All real estate has risk, and it's not like he's implied that he's looking for an 'investment' property.
Anything north of Dodd St, west of Glenwood is pretty decent imo. Maybe Park Street by Thomas Blvd is a little shabby but other than that...
The Amphere area is also decent and northern streets off Springdale Ave and also Woodland Ave area.
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