COMMENT BY
Bp from Ridgewood, NJ
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Ridgewood, NJ
COMMENT
A suburban paradox
Ridgewood is a beautiful picture-perfect town with virtually no crime with a school system lauded by the Wall Street Journal. Housing is outrageously expensive, taxes are insane, traffic is horrid (i.e. Burgen County and the tri-state area), with planes buzzing over night and day. Home appreciation is stellar while auto insurance costs are over the top. Manhattan is 20 miles away and takes 2 hours to get there (by car) during rush hour traffic and 3 hours in bad weather as trains and busses ferry people to and from work. The county-wide blue law affecting over 800,000 people prohibits all commerce on Sunday except food services and gas stations. Winters are too long and cold and summers are hot making spring and fall the best times of the year. The beaches are mediocre and the people are a mixed bag. Excellent professional and executive salaries get you through all of the shortcomings. It’s a true love/hate relationship.