SperlingViews - South_Brunswick_Township, New_jersey
58.25% of people are white, 9.33% are black, 27.53% are asian, 0.17% are native american, and 4.72% claim 'Other'. 7.14% of the people in South Brunswick Township, NJ, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 92.86% are non-hispanic).
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SO BORING - 5/8/2012
I grew up in Edison and lived in Perth Amboy and Highland Park for a few years. Spent time up and down the entire stretch of the east coast. I've been in S Bruns for 6 years (as of '12) and it is the most boring place I have ever lived. There are basically three stretches of highway - 1, 27, and 130 (all n/s bound roads) - and all the homes are situated just off of those. In six years the most exciting place I've ever landed is the police station or one of the many trailer parks. There are no great hang-outs, no bars except those in restaurants. It's a junction town that doesn't even have a train station anymore. Good for an upper middle class person who doesn't want to live in New Brunswick or can't afford to live in Princeton and doesn't mind a 15-30 minute commute. Highway access STINKS. You have to drive through at least 20 minutes of 2 lane county roads through farms to get to 287 (and thereby 22/202/206/78), a half hour up route 1 to get to the turnpike, parkway or 18/9/35. It truly does feel like the middle of nowhere after a while. I hear the schools are good, but I don't have kids so that really isn't a big seller on my part. For the money, if I was going to live somewhere so inconvenient and boring again I'd rather move down south. [read more...] |
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Property taxes - 3/12/2008
Property taxes are high in the state, and especially in a few townships. For example, my study suggested West windsor/Plainsboro/Franklin twnshps to be amongst the highest. South Brunswick is around 2.99%based upon appraised property assessment by the township. The homes have exchanged hands quite significantly, and hence it has also caused the absolute taxes to go up. My taxes on a older home has increased to almost 100% in 11 years in the same home with no alteration to the floor plan. Gas has gone 4x, and food has gone 2x in the same 11-12 yrs. NJ was cheaper to live, but with proximity to NY city, and other national factors like utilities, toll, and medical expenses gone up, think again before making it a retirement place to settle in NJ.[read more...] |
