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Originally Posted by Jcam1982
You are a huge help! Thanks so much! Realtors aren't any help giving info about the area and we really like Somerset, but are from northern NJ. I keep reading about the areas to avoid in Franklin Township but am not clear as to what neighborhoods those are. I've been reading areas closer/adjacent to New Brunswick are definitely bad. Does this mean everything east of Hamilton Street should be avoided, or even streets west of Hamilton St. are unsafe as well?
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Areas closer to New Brunswick are usually undesirable by growing families (I don't know what your situation is) because its mostly rutgers students living in denser areas and commuters who have to be closer to the northeast corridor rail. If you are neither, you can do much better in area northwest of franklin blvd & hamilton st. southwest is mostly agricultural and there are homes but most likely pretty expensive because of the larger lots. That being said, anything east of franklin & hamilton is not exactly desirable for a property purchase (atleast to me) unless the city has some future improvement plans in the works. So, you are exactly at the border of desirable and undesirable areas and might be able to get away with it depending on how good the deal is.
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