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This town has always confused me. Most of NJ's low-income communities are almost exclusively made up of those who are African American or Hispanic/Latino, with almost no white people. Keansburg, despite being one of the state's poorest municipalities, is 84% white. Just curious as to why this is. Has their been a history of racism in the past that would discourage non-whites from moving there?
Isn’t it a shore town where many of the residents have their official residences somewhere else? The people that stay there year round are the “poor” ones
Isn’t it a shore town where many of the residents have their official residences somewhere else? The people that stay there year round are the “poor” ones
i dont think it has vacationers. its not far from me but i have never heard anything positive about it.
Isn’t it a shore town where many of the residents have their official residences somewhere else? The people that stay there year round are the “poor” ones
UPS is over there, so is Fedex
Maybe the Marylanders or NYers on the forum can tell us.
Isn’t it a shore town where many of the residents have their official residences somewhere else? The people that stay there year round are the “poor” ones
It may have been a vacation spot at one time, but it's not really considered a "shore" town, given that it's on the bay, not the ocean. The sand is kind of brown and not the finer texture you get in the ocean towns. There's a rinky-dink amusement park that is popular with some people with kids. I remember seeing the pics of the carousel horses floating down the street after Sandy.
Most people are year-round residents. I know someone who lives there, a single guy who has a middle-class job and a small but very nice little house. There are some areas that appear to be better than others. When I moved to Monmouth County, I considered a small house in Keansburg as an alternative to buying a condo, but when I checked the flood zone website, the entire town was "high risk", which became apparent was very accurate after October 29, 2012, and I didn't want the risk or the cost of the flood insurance.
I think the reason that it's mostly white is simply that it's one of the Monmouth County towns that working-class white families have lived in for many generations and has not been gentrified or a target of the masses who've moved to eastern Monmouth County from Brooklyn or Staten Island over the past 20 - 30 years. I have a friend whose family has long been in Hazlet, and she proudly refers to herself as coming from a "clamdigger" family. They are definitely not people with urban connections. This woman sounds almost southern when she speaks.
There's a contingent of such people throughout the area. A cop friend refers to them as the "crickers" because they talk of going to the crick to fish. I once went to a certain bar in Middletown because they had a pretty decent band playing with a deal on beer and food, and looking around, I thought I could easily have been in the bar where the original-family natives hang out in the Poconos where my sister lives. This is not a put-down of anyone. It's just a different lifestyle and vibe from the more newly-arrived city-centric contingent who now populate the eastern Monmouth suburbs. They've become outnumbered, but they still exist, especially in the bayshore area.
This town has always confused me. Most of NJ's low-income communities are almost exclusively made up of those who are African American or Hispanic/Latino, with almost no white people. Keansburg, despite being one of the state's poorest municipalities, is 84% white. Just curious as to why this is. Has their been a history of racism in the past that would discourage non-whites from moving there?
Thanks.
Everything after Trenton and down is all white in NJ. Much of the minority population, poor or not are in scattered parts of North Jersey. The rest of the minorities just havent made it there yet. At least not in any of the towns that I went through.
There's a contingent of such people throughout the area. A cop friend refers to them as the "crickers" because they talk of going to the crick to fish. I once went to a certain bar in Middletown because they had a pretty decent band playing with a deal on beer and food, and looking around, I thought I could easily have been in the bar where the original-family natives hang out in the Poconos where my sister lives. This is not a put-down of anyone. It's just a different lifestyle and vibe from the more newly-arrived city-centric contingent who now populate the eastern Monmouth suburbs. They've become outnumbered, but they still exist, especially in the bayshore area.
ive seen some people on facebook groups refer to them as "burgers" and it isnt meant in a good way. i think its hilarious because they are insulting people and they arent on an anonymous platform.
i think it was the monmouth county news page, i have since been banned from that page. my wife has forbidden me from commenting on the page for my town.
Everything after Trenton and down is all white in NJ. Much of the minority population, poor or not are in scattered parts of North Jersey. The rest of the minorities just havent made it there yet. At least not in any of the towns that I went through.
Have you ever heard of Camden? That is south of Trenton and is pretty much all minorities. The same is true for Atlantic City and large parts of Vineland and Millville just to name a few.
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