Rough 'hoods in...Red Bank?

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Gerania

I couldn't find anything else, and I looked for quite a while.

When I lived in a nice, upper middle class neighborhood, two people were killed there. Neither assailant was from the neighborhood.

All sorts of people have a car and a license.

Or just a car.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

Or just a car.

Yes, or just a car. They don't even need a car if they can "borrow" one.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Gerania

Yes, or just a car. They don't even need a car if they can "borrow" one.

Haha, good one.

[Mightyqueen801]

I'm in Red Bank right now! Train stop lol.

[G1..]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I'm in Red Bank right now! Train stop lol.

North bound or South bound?

[kinkajouwho]

Hello again! I just wanted to follow up after another visit to town this weekend and a good amount of house hunting.

I am not feeling at all like east side vs. west side RB would be a discriminating factor in our house choice. Rather, it would simply come down to the characteristics of the specific house and property in question. (And price, obvs.)

There was very little difference observable yesterday when I tried to pick examples to illustrate to my guy the differences between the two sides of town. At least, that was true when comparing east side streets where we might be able to actually afford something to west side streets!

We got out of the car in various spots on the east part of town and I waved my arm and said to him, 'You see how these lots are a little, uh.... well, a touch wider? The houses are more spread out?' (and even as I was looking myself, I was thinking, "Jeez, it's barely noticeable. He must be wondering what the heck I'm talking about.")

Plus, the agent-warned-about Drs James Parker road (as the line beyond which sketchiness would become apparently rampant) looked thoroughly unremarkable.

Afterwards, we set ourselves the tough task of snacking our way around town... ....and enjoyed most places to which we went, though my sweetie was curious: most of the folks we saw out and about definitely skewed older (like, retiree age), he pointed out. I did not notice this on my first RB visit at all, but his observation about what we saw yesterday is accurate.

It made him wonder if the town overall skewed that way - ? (Eg., my parents have retired to Asheville, NC, and *that* burg has definitely greyed considerably compared to when I visited in the late '90s and it was still full of hippies.) But on this forum, I see constant questions about school quality in RB (not a retiree concern, generally speaking.)

I suspect this has more to do with when we were out and about (2:30pm to 5:30pm, so we could get a train back fairly early, as it had been a long day for us.) That's kind of early-bird-dinner hour, right?

And plus - wandering around the street on a somewhat chilly, early-December afternoon is hardly going to grab us a good cross-section of the populace - we were both wishing we were inside someplace warm instead!

Isn't Red Bank a pretty even mix of age ranges? Or does it indeed skew toward retiree age?

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by G1..

North bound or South bound?

Just saw this. Southbound, going home. Had to run up to Newark for work.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by kinkajouwho

Hello again! I just wanted to follow up after another visit to town this weekend and a good amount of house hunting.

I am not feeling at all like east side vs. west side RB would be a discriminating factor in our house choice. Rather, it would simply come down to the characteristics of the specific house and property in question. (And price, obvs.)

There was very little difference observable yesterday when I tried to pick examples to illustrate to my guy the differences between the two sides of town. At least, that was true when comparing east side streets where we might be able to actually afford something to west side streets!

We got out of the car in various spots on the east part of town and I waved my arm and said to him, 'You see how these lots are a little, uh.... well, a touch wider? The houses are more spread out?' (and even as I was looking myself, I was thinking, "Jeez, it's barely noticeable. He must be wondering what the heck I'm talking about.")

Plus, the agent-warned-about Drs James Parker road (as the line beyond which sketchiness would become apparently rampant) looked thoroughly unremarkable.

Afterwards, we set ourselves the tough task of snacking our way around town... ....and enjoyed most places to which we went, though my sweetie was curious: most of the folks we saw out and about definitely skewed older (like, retiree age), he pointed out. I did not notice this on my first RB visit at all, but his observation about what we saw yesterday is accurate.

It made him wonder if the town overall skewed that way - ? (Eg., my parents have retired to Asheville, NC, and *that* burg has definitely greyed considerably compared to when I visited in the late '90s and it was still full of hippies.) But on this forum, I see constant questions about school quality in RB (not a retiree concern, generally speaking.)

I suspect this has more to do with when we were out and about (2:30pm to 5:30pm, so we could get a train back fairly early, as it had been a long day for us.) That's kind of early-bird-dinner hour, right?

And plus - wandering around the street on a somewhat chilly, early-December afternoon is hardly going to grab us a good cross-section of the populace - we were both wishing we were inside someplace warm instead!

Isn't Red Bank a pretty even mix of age ranges? Or does it indeed skew toward retiree age?

In the evening there is definitely a young vibe. The bars and clubs draw the 20-and-30-somethings till the wee hours.

Just a bit of trivia--"Drs. James Parker" road is named after three doctors named James Parker. A father and a son who were MDs, and their cousin who was a dentist.