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Originally Posted by Crawford
Article on newly developing Orthodox enclaves in the NYC metro, highlighting the Greenville neighborhood in Jersey City.
As Brooklyn and traditional Orthodox centers are extremely expensive and overcrowded, satellite communities are springing up, sometimes leading to tensions between long-time locals and newcomers:
Uneasy Welcome as Ultra-Orthodox Jews Extend Beyond New York
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/n...ew-jersey.html
These tensions will increase in the coming years. Orthodox obviously have high birthrates, and while Brooklyn's Orthodox population continues robust growth, an increasing share of growth will be in cheaper satellite communities.
There are now 30,000 kids enrolled in shuls in Lakewood, NJ. Possibly more than anywhere outside of Brooklyn (100,000 in shuls) and Israel. Also 25,000 enrolled in Ramapo-area shuls (Rockland County, NY, around Monsey). |
purely anecdotal, but it seems like i am seeing a lot of new jersey/ny plated vehicles (minivans) in midwestern orthodox neighborhoods (like the one i live in), which of course are way, way cheaper as a general rule than brooklyn, or other areas in metro nyc. way more new jersey than new york, though.