New Jersey! The garbage state - i mean the garden state sure it has beaches waterfalls and easy
access to both new york city and philadelphia but let's face it new york has a bad reputation fella
it's known for its overflowing landfills public corruption and high taxes and while there's some
great places to live in new jersey you wouldn't see them on this list places we're gonna discuss
help give new jersey its nickname as the armpit of america and that is just so mean now i took a
lot of things into consideration when i rank the worst places to live in new jersey crime rates
unemployment rates poverty education and more plus you new jerseyans are all pretty good about
telling me which places in your state are good and which ones are not good and sadly while the great
frank sinatra is from new jersey he's not singing about newark newark is he let's begin shall we
we begin our tour of the worst places to live in new jersey with a stop in west new york located
on the hudson just across the river from manhattan west new york is home to nearly 53 000 people and
it's the second most densely populated city in the country we get it a 35-minute commute and a view
of manhattan is a big draw to living here but as a result the streets are congested and parking is
a nightmare sure you can rent a spot in a garage or a lot there's usually a waiting list and this
spots can cost up to 300 bucks a month yikes and parking isn't the only issue the streets are just
downright dirty people living here complain about trash and dog poop littering nearly every street
a perk the city's very diverse and has some great food and the shopping it's fantastic that is if
you're into knock off handbags and dollar store jewelry at number nine we moved to the southern
part of the state to bridgeton located an hour south of philly on the kohansi river near the
delaware bay bridgeton is home to nearly 25 000 people the kohansic zoo which builds itself as
the first zoo in new jersey good for you and while you can see lions tigers and bears there
the really scary stuff is happening on the streets of bridgton violent crimes here the fourth most
common statewide the city has the highest burglary rate in the state too and wolf richton's in the
top 35 percent of the state as far as commute times go not everybody can find a job to get to
the unemployment rate's nearly 7 percent and home values are really low to sum it up bridgton has
lions tigers bears shootings in poverty oh my at number eight we go about 13 miles east of vineland
home to about 60 000 people violent situation is pretty similar to others on this list with
low scores and unemployment income and crime but probably the worst part about living in vineland
is it's boring seriously there's not much to do and businesses don't last long here if you want
to go out with friends on a friday night your options include applebee's and local drive-in
and while the drive-in seems cool and nostalgic get ready for a shakedown seriously people say
they search your car for outside snacks before they let you in like they pop your trunk and
turn on your interior lights so leave those m m's at home oh and there used to be a bowling alley
in vineland but a rival bowling alley burned it down about a decade ago so there's that
we stay in south jersey for number seven lindenwald located in camden county near philly
lindenwald is home to just over 17 000 people it's also new jersey's seventh most dangerous
city if you live here you have a one in 139 chance of being attacked every single year and don't
forget to lock your doors linen wall has the third highest burglary rate statewide too not to mention
the unemployment rate here is about seven percent and households earn only a combined 45 grand
a year which is far below the state average the location's convenient to both philly and new york
and there's a train station right in the middle of the city and the schools here aren't terrible but
seems like everything else is at number six passaic new jersey home to about 70 000 people
this jam-packed city is located in the patterson newark area it's easy to see why passage made
the list when you consider that only 58 of its residents have jobs and a third are living in
poverty what is going on at passaic the income levels here are the fourth lowest in the state
and frankly people living in passaic are just struggling to make ends meet education is also
a huge issue there aren't any other places in new jersey or even in the entire country
with a more uneducated population get this the high school dropout rate in pacific is 40
40 percent people but on the upside if you're passing through and you need a drug store you're
in luck they seem to be on nearly every corner here we're going north of newark to reach new
jersey's 5th worst place to live paterson a city of nearly 145 000 people patterson's known for its
breathtaking waterfalls and its abysmal crime rate it's the 10th most dangerous place in the state
the city had 27 murders in 2020 and get this if you spent a year in patterson you'd have a 1 in
93 chance of being killed raped or attacked scary stuff folks people living here say everything
about the city needs to change everything they say it was once a beautiful town now you have
to be careful just walk in your mailbox what the hell a few miles west of newark we find our number
four spot irvington nearly 54 000 people call this place home but irvington's bad news pal
driving through there's abandoned buildings and trash everywhere and believe me you don't want to
get out of your car the crime rate in irvington is higher than 88 percent of the state's cities and
towns the chance of becoming a victim of either a violent or property crime here is 1 in 41
and this township has a huge drug problem in 2019 they busted a fentanyl and heroin mill and that
had resulted in 33 overdose deaths and hasn't really gotten any better people living here
say they often find used needles in their front yards or their parks what is going on in irvington
at number three in our list of worst cities live in new jersey we find atlantic city
now when you hear atlantic city you may think of casinos beaches and boardwalks but really if
you live here you're gambling with your safety that's because atlantic city is statistically
the most dangerous place in the whole state if you live here your chances of becoming a victim
of either a violent or property crime is one in 26. it's also one of the brokest most uneducated
spots in new jersey the unemployment rate here is 15 percent that's one of the highest rates
in the country it's only getting worse casinos are closing left and right and popular stores
and chain restaurants are pulling out of the area too at number two it's camden new jersey you knew
it was coming eventually it's located directly across the delaware from philly there's 74 000
people here the city has a reputation for violent crime and the numbers back up that stereotype
camden has the most violent crime of any city in new jersey people say the crime's actually going
down and they're right there were only 23 murders here in 2020 compared to 25 the year before yay
let's face it camden is just plain poor it has one of the highest unemployment rates in new jersey at
nearly 13 percent it has the worst home values in the state and 37 percent of residents are living
below the poverty line somebody who lives here says the town needs a miracle i kind of agree
and at number one on our list the worst place to live in new jersey is no surprises newark
the largest city in the state has more than 281 thousand residents newark proves that
bigger isn't always better though if you grew up in newark chances are you knew somebody that was
a victim of gun violence or you have a family member currently in prison or have a family
member selling drugs on the street the city is struggling with violence in poverty the median
household income here is the second lowest in the state and the unemployment rate is nearly double
the national average that's no surprise though i bet and it's not turning around anytime soon
a recent study named newark is the worst place to raise a family i'd say they're correct one perk
i guess people say if you're from here nothing will scare you new jersey is definitely one of
the most diverse states in america mountains in the north farms to the south rivers to the west
and a long shoreline to the east its residents are rude and super opinionated they never say
please or thanks especially people from other states they can't agree on anything really and
the people in the north part of the state and the south end of the state have a lot to disagree on
but together they all live in what they feel is the best state in america
and they're proud of it and they also hate people from staten island they argue with one another
they pay high taxes and they sit in traffic and they love it except the devil no one loves him
so that's it the worst places live in new jersey now for some people living near new york city or
near the jersey shore or enough to outweigh the crime and poverty and trash littered streets and
good for you if you're looking for the best places to live they're all going to be in north central
new jersey places like mendam and princeton where all the snobs live places that have swimming pools
and big yards and a sense of safety if you live in one of those places go out and celebrate with some
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