August 25, 2011 10:50:39 AM
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Jamie Klenetsky

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Morristown, NJ

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The Morristown Green - a wonderful park in the middle of town with a fountain, memorials, and of course, greenery! It's a great place for all residents of the town to relax, bring their kids, etc.

Lots of free concerts - In the summer, the Mayo Performing Arts Center hosts free world music concerts on the Green. A church downtown has free concerts every Friday two months out of the year.

It's actually a town - Morristown is a real town, very walkable with shops, restaurants, etc. You can definitely get by without a car here. I work in town and walk to my office almost every day!

The food! - Morristown features a ridiculous number of restaurants of all sorts of cuisines. We have great Asian, Indian, and even Persian food, as well as some of the best bakeries you'll find!

County seat - Morristown is the county seat so you can always get an in on government, politics of the day, etc. Beautiful County buildings as well.

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Expensive housing - apartments are really expensive in town and there is a lot of high-income luxury housing.

Gentrification - those new apartments have gentrified the town a bit.

Power outages etc - Morristown has a history of power problems, perhaps because the power lines run underground. There was a small fire at the Courthouse and a very large one at the Library which destroyed half of it (still being repaired).

...that's all I can think of!

The Brian Lehrer Show is coming to New Jersey! On Tuesday August 30th, The Brian Lehrer Show will broadcast live from Montclair State University. Tickets are free, sign up at the Events page here.

Whether you can make it or not, help us prepare for the show by telling Brian 5 Reasons You Love Your Town. 5 Reasons You Don’t.