
Reader suggests ; Interesting article in yesterday’s Record about Millennial interest in living in cities. Suburbs like Ridgewood fit the need with transportation and walkable downtown.
Dave Sheingold , Staff WriterPublished 6:00 a.m. ET June 22, 2017
They want the bustle. They want the convenience. They want the diversity.
In short, they want the city and not the suburbs – even after their children start school.
In a trend that is starting to chip away at the bedrock of suburban North Jersey, a surge of families with young children is gravitating toward New York City, reversing a path worn by generations before them.
Recently released demographic data shows the number of married couples with school-age children rose 10 to 20 percent across middle- and upper-income neighborhoods of New York City just in the first half of this decade, accelerating a trend that began in the mid-2000s. Similar increases were found in urban areas of Hudson County in New Jersey.
You mean they won’t want those new apartments the the planning board is going to ok tonight??
Get to the meeting and let them know their folly!
The Rats Roaches Noise dirt and Costs will drive them back to the suburbs with
Expensive Kids and Families in tow.
Can’t blame them one bit. And if the developers think that the M’ s are coming here to live on Broad street or anywhere else for that matter their out of their fu$&ing minds.