css555 t1_iznf4m6 wrote
Having 565 municipalities is the biggest reason for high property taxes. Several towns have a Board of Education with paid employees...and no schools! They are too small to support their own schools, so they send their kids to schools in neighboring towns.
Dozzi92 t1_iznn31f wrote
Branchburg is huge, 20 square miles, and sends their kids to 2.5 square mile Somerville's high school. It's a relic of a time when branchburg was just farms and it made sense, but as the state has grown, things have failed to maintain pace.
Hij802 OP t1_izqkzsv wrote
Exactly! Merging Hudson County would save huge money. No need for all these different services with paid employees for the same jobs.
Also, we’re actually down to 564, Pine Valley (one of those golf course towns of 12 people) merged with Pine Hill this year.
mookybelltolls t1_izq3vwg wrote
Jersey needs Independent school districts, the way the vast lands of the Mid and Southwest have. Unfortunately, NJ towns are built on patronage, which makes it impossible for anything like a school district to be politically independent.
lost_in_life_34 t1_izoesxr wrote
people say that but before I bought in NJ i checked out NY as well and the taxes are the same
JeromePowellAdmirer t1_izpvz5u wrote
NY suburbs are not exactly a mecca of municipal efficiency. NYC itself has way more services provided for the taxes
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