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pleuvonics t1_je86mv0 wrote

If you’re looking for beautiful, remote landscape that’s the area. Zero nightlife, incredibly conservative area. The scenery doesn’t make up for it for me.

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Quiet_Ad_9718 t1_je9ce9n wrote

Overly broad and unfair characterization-see my post above. It’s no secret that Hunterdon is a red county but perhaps more importantly it’s an educated county. More often than not you encounter people here who are professionals of one kind of another, highly educated and well traveled. I’ll take that any day regardless of their politics.

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pleuvonics t1_je9lcdt wrote

Your post is why I had to chime in. Hunterdon county doesn’t feel safe or friendly to marginalized groups. People being educated doesn’t really make a difference.

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Quiet_Ad_9718 t1_jecox3h wrote

I suppose whether it “feels safe” and whether it is safe are two different things. As far as marginalized groups go my daughter has two good friends one of whom is of South Asian descent whose immigrant parents are university professors and one of whom is of Caribbean descent whose immigrant parents work in biotech. Their perspective and experience is enriching and additive and I’m certainly glad that no one (presumably) told them “DON’T MOVE TO HUNTERDON COUNTY!!! EVERYONE THERE IS A RACIST!!!” Lambertville and Frenchtown and to a lesser extent Clinton all have vibrant LGBTQ communities, Lambertville had an openly gay female Mayor recently and Union Township currently has an openly gay Mayor. That said…do we still have enclaves of poor ignorant white trash that like to fly their Confederate flags now and then? Sure, but their numbers dwindle everyday and quite frankly their opinions matter about as much as they contribute to society-which is nothing.

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