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Originally Posted by clevedark
South Orange, Maplewood and Montclair have nice downtowns and are walkable, and are closer in to the city on train lines (inner ring suburbs). Check em out! Montclair is most expensive of the bunch. All border Newark, Irvington and East Orange which is a turn-off for some. All have large African American populations, Jews and Christians--a diverse mix. Good schools, well educated, sophisticated population of people who would rather live in the city, but can't afford it. I call them the reluctant suburbanites.
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No one really wants to live in the center of Newark, but the section of South Orange which borders Newark is not really dangerous, and I have walked around the area on many occasions at night without feeling threatened.
As for the large Jewish populations, that pretty much describes all of Essex County.
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