Is West Orange New Jersey a nice area to relocate to?

Question

how is the living of west orange, is it in a nice area or a bad area, really???

Answer 1

It's a pretty average suburb. Some spots are nicer than others, other spots are bordering on being slightly ghetto.

The property taxes aren't as high, as say, in Livingston, but still, West Orange is in Essex County and the property taxes in Essex County are pretty high.

Caveat: West Orange High School has a reputation for having some pretty unsavory students...the kind that beat up on teachers.

West Orange is not that far from Manhattan, and has some pretty good public transportation options.

If you're considering moving to West Orange, you might also want to consider a town like East Hanover or Whippany...they are in Morris County which has lower property taxes and a better school system.

Answer 2

I think some people haven't been to West Orange lately!
There are a number of "Oranges" in NJ (East, West, South) and some are bad.
West Orange is one of the nicer ones so long as you are careful not to get too close to where it borders the bad towns.
East Orange - I'd only go there in the daytime and I'd still keep my car doors locked.
I think South Orange is very nice and West Orange is a close second.

Answer 3

As a rule, that is an economically depressed area. Unless you drink 40oz bottles of malt liquor or steal cars or do drive-bys, you don't want to be living there.

Answer 4

Why pick west orange,there are many better place in nj,I recommend;mountain lakes,cherry hill,westfield,summit,montclair or berkeley...hight.

Answer 5

Not nice

Answer 6

That is an interesting question

Answer 7

Notable current and former residents of West Orange include:

Brendan T. Byrne - Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982.
Joan Caulfield - Movie, theatre, television actress of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Born in East Orange, she moved to West Orange during childhood and lived here until her high school graduation from a private school in Orange.
Richard J. Codey - State Senator, and Acting Governor of New Jersey in 2002 and Governor from 2004 until 2006.[7]
Brandon Costner- Sophomore foward for the NC State Wolfpack basketball team.
Charles Cullen - Serial killer who grew up on Kling Street.[8]
John Dandola - Author, screenwriter, playwright, and historian whose mystery novels are set in West Orange during the 1940s.[9]
Ginny Duenkel - Winner of a Gold and Bronze medal in two swimming events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Ginny Duenkel Municipal Pool is named in her honor.
DJ Whoo Kid - Official DJ of G-Unit
Charles Edison - United States Secretary of the Navy 1940, Governor of New Jersey 1941 to 1944 and son of Thomas Edison.
Thomas Alva Edison - Invented the phonograph, the incandescent electric lightbulb, and the first practical motion picture camera. Edison's Black Maria, the first movie studio, was located in West Orange.
Eugenio Fernandi - a leading tenor with the Metropolitan Opera who rose to prominence in the late 1950s and 1960s. He is credited with having received twenty-two curtain calls for his performance in Lucia di Lammermore.
General Paul J. Kern was the commanding general of the United States Army Materiel Command from 2001-2004.
Carole King & Gerry Goffin - Husband & wife songwriting team. From the late 1950s through the 1980s they were one of the most talented and successful of all pop song writers. In 1969, she expanded her career to singing with her 1971 album Tapestry, one of the most popular of all-time. In the early to mid 1960's they resided off Pleasant Valley Way along with other song writers. This location gave rise to the song Pleasant Valley Sunday, recorded by the Monkees in 1966.
Bettye LaVette - Soul singer who released her first record at age 16 and found success with I've Got My Own Hell to Raise at age 59 in 2005.
George B. McClellan - Major General and briefly general-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War. He ran as a Democrat against Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. He went on to become governor of New Jersey (1878-1881).
Fred Ott - an employee of Thomas Edison's in the 1890s who "starred" in two of the earliest surviving motion pictures – Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (a.k.a. Fred Ott's Sneeze) and Fred Ott Holding a Bird – both from 1894.
Michael Pitt - Actor who was in Murder by Numbers, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Last Days, among other films.
Leo Fitzpatrick - Actor who was in Kids and Bully which also stars former West Orange resident Michael Pitt.
Anwar Robinson- a finalist on American Idol. Was also a music teacher at Edison Middle School.
Peter W. Rodino - United States Congressman from 1949 to 1989.
Amos Alonzo Stagg - known as “The Grand Old Man” of college football. During the founding year of the College Football Hall of Fame, he was inducted as both a player and a coach. He was among the first group of inductees into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959. He is also credited with the invention of the batting cage in baseball and the tackling dummy in football. West Orange’s Stagg Field playground is named in his honor. Ranked #4 on the Sports Illustrated list of The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures.[10]
"Uncle" Floyd Vivino - Actor, comedian, kids TV show host, musician, and radio show host.
Scott Wolf - Actor who is best known as Bailey Salinger on the TV series Party of Five.
Ian Ziering - Actor who is best known for the role of Steve Sanders on the TV series Beverly Hills 90210.
Abner Zwillman - Jewish mobster. He was found hanging dead at his mansion home at 15 Beverly Road on February 27, 1959.

Answer 8

its NJ that should answer your question right there