Mary Jane Royce

Clifton

Easy access to NYC and major highways out of New Jersey.
Easy access to so many good restaurants (many in Montclair, Nutley and Caldwell),
but I don't have to pay Essex Co. taxes.
Very diverse community; I understand there are more than 60 different languages spoken by families in our town.
Although a town of 80,000 people, still, really, just a collection of small neighborhoods where people do look out for one another.
We still use clotheslines (not because we are so green; we've just always used them).

The crime rate could be lower.

Litter: I just can't stand it. Why, I always ask?

The high school standardized test scores could be higher.

Housing prices are dropping ( but I guess that is a state-wide complaint).

The folks in Montclair think we are low-class!