Not sure if this is against board rules or not but if it is feel free to delete mods. I’ll attempt to get out in front of this and turn it into a “nice places in to live in PA” thread if that keeps it from getting deleted ;).
My wife and I are looking to purchase a new home in Yardley or Newtown PA. If you are considering putting your place up or know someone who is you can reply or PM me. Looking for 4BR 2,500+ Sq ft min. No contingency and no realtor contract singed.
Note: we will fly a big ass Rutgers flag in a predominantly Penn St area. Recruiting never stops ;)
I've been in Yardley for eleven years and I'm afraid there is a township ordinance against this! (Well, that's not true, but I'm working on it.)
Going back to 2010, we were shown a good number of place in Yardley/Lower Makefield and Newtown, but Newtown never appealed to us. It's a fine town and as
@dgraffius and others mentioned, Council Rock schools are rated higher than Pennsbury, but Pennsbury is also excellent (CR just happens to be one of the five best in the state).
So we're actually in Lower Makefield, but the historic prominence of Yardley Boro is what lends its name to the entire area. LMT town hall even lists its address as Yardley, Pa. Taken as one, since in many ways they are and Yardley is the hole in the middle of the C-shaped donut that is LMT (the fourth side is the river), it's a terrific place to live - super high quality of life, aesthetically pleasing, convenient to everywhere (plenty of NYC commuters as well as Phila.), and with plenty of nice older housing stock, along with newer construction. I can't recommend it enough.
In my neighborhood, where at least half are Jersey ex-pats, I see little evidence of Rutgers alumni (though some may not show the outward signs through flags/magnets/etc. - my wife is one and hasn't had an R on her car in a decade or so, for whatever reason). A lot of PSU, Villanova, Penn, and Temple, but I do see a good amount of R magnets on cars around town and the occasional flag. If you drive around enough and see a Seton Hall flag, you've probably located my home, though I keep the flag restricted to basketball season.