[Idyllchat] Our town according the NY Times
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Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:45:46 -0700 (PDT)
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Your town looks charming, Jerry, and I'm sure you don't mind paying those higher taxes. They are paying for those good schools and your new downtown.
Enjoy the good life in New Jersey.
Barbara G.
Jerry Clancy <jclancy@billtrak.com> wrote: As chance would have it, the NY Times profiled our town, West Windsor
Township, NJ (which abuts Princeton proper) in last Sunday's edition,
so I thought I'd post the link for those who may have wondered what
town would tolerate having me reside within its borders:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/realestate/16livi.html?ex=1153800000&en=b6da4194bd7a45a4&ei=5070&emc=eta1
We live in the older hamlet of Princeton Jct., named for the railroad
junction, now a major Amtrak stop (it's a junction because there is a
Princeton "Dinky" spur that goes to the University area). In fact,
John Nash ("A Beautiful Mind") lives alongside it. If you drew a
straight line from Philly to NY City, we'd be right on the line,
smack in the middle. It's said (but not true) that half of Wall
Street gets on the trains in the morning. From 6-9 a.m. each weekday
the platform is a sea of sincere suits. The Amtrak trains make it to
Penn Station in midtown Manhattan in 55 minutes and about the same to
the 30th St. Station in Philly. It's one of the best commutes to NYC
(and the main reason I chose to live here back then). You can live a
lot closer, say in North Jersey, and spend a lot more time getting
into the city and, taking a further hit, housing would cost about 25%
more for less property. Here it is much more pastoral.
The article notes that the median taxes in 2004 were just over
$9,800. Don't I wish it was that now. Today the median bills are over
$12,000 and the town just went through a re-evaluation this spring
after 10 years. No one has seen the new bills yet but all,
particularly those of us who have lived here a lot longer, are
worried about them because of the price appreciation during that
time. The town is now in the process of designing a real "downtown",
which is really all the town is missing. Tuscany it's not. Still,
throw in a six-pack and living in NJ doesn't really get a lot better than this.
Jerry
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Your town looks charming, Jerry, and I'm sure you don't mind paying those higher taxes. They are paying for those good schools and your new downtown.<br><br>Enjoy the good life in New Jersey.<br><br>Barbara G.<br><br><b><i>Jerry Clancy <jclancy@billtrak.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> As chance would have it, the NY Times profiled our town, West Windsor <br>Township, NJ (which abuts Princeton proper) in last Sunday's edition, <br>so I thought I'd post the link for those who may have wondered what <br>town would tolerate having me reside within its borders:<br><br>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/realestate/16livi.html?ex=1153800000&en=b6da4194bd7a45a4&ei=5070&emc=eta1<br><br>We live in the older hamlet of Princeton Jct., named for the railroad <br>junction, now a major Amtrak stop (it's a junction because there is a <br>Princeton "Dinky" spur that
goes to the University area). In fact, <br>John Nash ("A Beautiful Mind") lives alongside it. If you drew a <br>straight line from Philly to NY City, we'd be right on the line, <br>smack in the middle. It's said (but not true) that half of Wall <br>Street gets on the trains in the morning. From 6-9 a.m. each weekday <br>the platform is a sea of sincere suits. The Amtrak trains make it to <br>Penn Station in midtown Manhattan in 55 minutes and about the same to <br>the 30th St. Station in Philly. It's one of the best commutes to NYC <br>(and the main reason I chose to live here back then). You can live a <br>lot closer, say in North Jersey, and spend a lot more time getting <br>into the city and, taking a further hit, housing would cost about 25% <br>more for less property. Here it is much more pastoral.<br><br>The article notes that the median taxes in 2004 were just over <br>$9,800. Don't I wish it was that now. Today the median bills are over <br>$12,000 and the town
just went through a re-evaluation this spring <br>after 10 years. No one has seen the new bills yet but all, <br>particularly those of us who have lived here a lot longer, are <br>worried about them because of the price appreciation during that <br>time. The town is now in the process of designing a real "downtown", <br>which is really all the town is missing. Tuscany it's not. Still, <br>throw in a six-pack and living in NJ doesn't really get a lot better than this.<br><br>Jerry<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>This message was sent by IdyllChat.<br>To reply or send a new message, email to:<br>IdyllChat@lists.untours.com<br><br>Visit the IdyllChat archives:<br>http://mailman.dca.net/pipermail/idyllchat/<br><br>Search Idyllchat Archives for any subject at: http://search.dca.net/sites/untours/main.html<br>><br>Read real Untourists' candid accounts of their Untours: <br>> http://www.untours.com/triplogs.html To unsubscribe,
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