PublicMind Ranks Top New Jersey Towns
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PublicMind Ranks Top New Jersey Towns |
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PublicMind, the research and survey institute of Fairleigh Dickinson University, released a study in April ranking the quality of life in all of the Garden State’s 566 towns and cities. The study, “New Jersey’s Top Towns,” was commissioned by New Jersey Monthly magazine. The full story and top rankings in each of seven categories, and profiles of the highest ranking towns appear in the May issue of New Jersey Monthly. It is the first time PublicMind and New Jersey Monthly have collaborated on a project. Far Hills earned the top spot in the Garden State, according to the PublicMind survey. In addition to Far Hills, which is the winner in the north central region, the other winners are: Old Tappan for northeast New Jersey, Delaware Township for northwest New Jersey, Millstone Township for south central, Upper Township for south Jersey, Sea Girt among shore towns and Newark for the Big (6) Cities. PublicMind collected data in five categories — economy, cost of living, education, crime rate, and culture and leisure — then grouped the results by seven geographic categories: the traditional Big 6 Cities, shore towns (facing the ocean), the northeast (Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Passaic counties), northwest (Sussex, Hunterdon, Warren and Morris counties), north central (Somerset, Mercer, Union, and Middlesex counties), south central (Monmouth, Burlington, and Ocean counties) and south Jersey (Cape May, Camden, Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester, and Atlantic counties). Information was collected from government agencies, private organizations and a variety of publications. Data for each of 566 municipalities and each of the variables were averaged and ranked. The top three ranked in each category are Northeast — 1. Old Tappan, 2. Ho-Ho-Kus, 3. Allendale Northwest — 1. Delaware Township, 2. Kinnelon, 3. East Amwell North Central — 1. Far Hills, 2. Bernardsville, 3. Princeton Township South Central — 1. Millstone Township, 2. Shamong, 3. Colts Neck South — 1. Upper Township, 2. Tavistock, 3. Haddonfield Shore — 1. Sea Girt, 2. Spring Lake, 3. Manatoloking Big (6) Cities — 1. Newark, 2. Trenton, 3. Elizabeth Most recent PublicMind polls were released on April 24 — “Governor Losing Budget War” and April 23 — “War and Terrorism trump SARS — for now.” For more information, visit PublicMind at http://publicmind.fdu.edu. top of this page table of contents for this issue |
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