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New York, NY vs Linden, NJ

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- Linden spends 24.0% more per student than New York.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% higher in Linden than in New York. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Linden had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New York
 New York, NYLinden, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,387$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,855  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,582$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12834573
 Students per Counselor2598  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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Reviews for Linden    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

How could Linden's are quality go from 24 to 92.5 in one year? I live in Linden. They did not close refineries and plant a thousand trees. I can see the air-and  More

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Over 18 years ago

I've lived here for the past 3 years renting 1st floor of a two family house. 3 blocks from train station to NYC. Shopping centers all around. Very strong polish  More

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Moved to Linden a year ago, and really love it. It is bordered on the north by a pretty shady area of Roselle, but that hasn't affected the QOL here. The city is very  More

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