Definitely a small amount of people. Most people in the state want to live elsewhere. Why do you think COAH housing is such a hot topic with sky high demand? Working class families are disparate to get out and move to places with better schools and lower crime.
Who is this “they” ? Say it ... if you refer to foreign Nationals ... those in Princeton are from Asian nations... same at Cal Berkeley .
I guess I'm confused. If it's a small amount of people, and there is a big old state to accommodate them all, why do they live where they do in the more expensive part that they don't want to live in instead of the cheaper area they do want to live?
Where is the LOVE button for this picture ?Relax and enjoy!
I'm not sure what kind of info you're getting, but everyone I know who has moved into the area are just regular two income working shlumps like me.
Why were you afraid to say that in the first place? It is cheaper for those wealthy parents to purchase a home and rent it out . Your child lives off campus ... you have a place to stay when visiting and it becomes a bed and breakfast for visiting parents of other students. There certainly are two working stiff families but you also see a newer phenomenon. Not only here in NJ but many other high priced
Sorry to break it to you, but your example of Berkeley isn't a "high priced university". And you need to show your work regarding the princeton area. Where's the numbers?
No , I didn’t say that but I know first hand this tidbit....foreign born families purchase homes in the Bay Area. As for not being high priced? Cal Berkeley tuition /Room and Board runs around 40 + k . .. Most kids can’t afford that price ....to me that is a high priced university... many in state and even out of state get a discount. Show my work? ... take it or leave it...It’s happening and is actually quite common in many states...
Most parts of NJ cities are awful with super cheap housing costs. Sorry, your post makes no sense.
Not sure what he is getting at. The vast majority of Princeton housing is owned and lived in by long-term residents. No doubt about this. Yes, I have heard and seen some examples of rich parents buying or renting a fancy home for their PU son or daughter, but this is a rounding error. FYI, the new'ish million dollar townhouses adjacent to Palmer Square is a common place for this.
I was talking the NYC area and cities in general, not just NJ cities (honestly NJ has no real cities of it's own outside of Newark, JC anyway and even those are barely cities.)
My sister in law deals with those coming out to the Hamptons. She has been killing it since this thing started.
The original article is about cities in general, but our posts have been solely about NJ (COAH is a unique issue of our state). So we agree that NJ cities = bad?
My portion of the discussion has always been about the NYC and the immediate surrounding area, as I have mentioned repeatedly. Also, the NJ cities (such as they are 80k-100k is hardly an actual city) that aren't in that immediate area don't likely have a bunch of people now fleeing them, because they don't have a bunch of people who are in a position to pick up and move quickly, so they pretty obviously don't fit with either the original post or the discussion of migration away from cities in recent months.
You made a specific comment about my COAH post. This is where you jumped the shark. As mentioned before, COAH is a purely NJ issue.
You mean the post where I specifically referenced NYC and the surrounding area and not small NJ 'cities'? That one?
Yes, the one that didn't make any sense since I was talking about a specific NJ topic.
No, you talking about NJ specifically and mentioning COAH was an attempt to drag the conversation into an area we were not previously discussing, so I ignored it and stayed on topic.
Our topic was NJ from the beginning. I ignored your attempts to change it, but happy we agreed now.
I just went back and re-read and ... well, no. Our topic was not NJ from the beginning, though you kept trying to drag it there.
Thanks for proving my point! I was focused on JC and NJ from the beginning. Appreciate it.
Yes, show your work. Otherwise it's just anecdotal. And everyone knows that this board is skeptical of anecdotal evidence.
40 k is not affordable for probably 90 % Of families easily ...even with loans ( which are still non forgivable) ... 40k x 4 years ? You are are delusional. Here’s the point would you pay Rider U 60k per year? Unless you are going to be making 150 k after graduation to start then no. Rutgers 28 k is a bargain... So is Cal Berkeley at 45-60 k cheap? Show your proof...
No that was not the original context of what you asked . You now are vascilating from Not a high priced university to what YOU consider affordable or inexpensive to an average American family of say 4 ... we already have seen the issue of student loan debt with worthless degrees ... degrees which pay ok $$$$ but not enough to buy homes, cars, food , clothes and pay all other bills... I made good to better money and paid for educational bills and my own... so then you are supportive of excessive student loan debt? Not many would agree with you especially in all I have read and seen ...
you're still not addressing your original assertion. which makes sense, since you have no evidence or data to support your point.
See you got caught... all YOU need to do is google it... tells you exactly through 2019 the cost.., to me 60-80 is not worth it unless you are in a field such as perhaps engineering, finance/ banking, medical /science and even those will not be an assured thing in the near future...
