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I think it might be worth noting that Mercer County is considered part of both the New York and Delaware Valley (Philadelphia) metro areas...suburbs extending from the two cities have started to meet there, and the lines between the two metro areas are beginning to blur (and considering the rate at which both metro areas are growing it seems likely that this trend is going to continue.)

No doubt Philadelphia is growing, but in my opinion New York is growing at a faster rate. There does not seem to be an equal push from both metro areas into Mercer. Rather, Philadelphia is likely to push further west and east into less developed, and therefore cheaper areas. There is more of an incentive for New York City (and surrounding areas) to commuter further down (Mercer) or west (Sussex) because the metro area is already incredibly dense. The more logical choice for Philadelphia commuters seems to be the counties west of the western suburbs (Berks) and counties east of the eastern suburbs (Ocean and Atlantic Counties, NJ), where there is still room to develop, unlike the surrounding NYC counties. When I was living in South Jersey (long time ago for sure), there was still a lot of room in Burlington County and certainly plenty of room in Gloucester County. New developments in areas less densely populated tend to have the lowest costs, thereby attracting the flow. I don't see Philadelphia growing in Mercer any more than it already has. Jps57 (talk) 01:06, 25 February 2008 (UTC)jps57[reply]

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Municipalities Map

Have a concern about the municipalities map that colors each of the municipalities according to whether they're a borough, township, city, etc. I wonder if the color coding on this map unintentionally misleads the user. In New Jersey, there is not necessarily a legal distinction between a "city" and a "township" (or a "borough"). These are mostly historical designations. For example, in Mercer County, "Hamilton Township" and "City of Trenton" have the same legal form of government ("Mayor-Council" under the Optional Municipal Charter Law, or "Faulkner" act.) Meanwhile, since Princeton Borough and Princeton Township merged a few years back, the new entity has begun referring to itself as the "Municipality of Princeton", but uses the traditional "Borough" form of government.

I could try to fix this but it would take some time.

JpjEditor (talk) 23:42, 11 June 2020 (UTC) jpjeditor[reply]

Law and Goevernment

I updated the title Chosen Freeholder to County Commissioner, but the people holding actual office in 2021 in this section, and the references thereto need updating. Would someone please help me with that? I no longer live there, but I'd sure like to know who to contact about my aged mother's not having been able to get a COVID vaccination yet! WordwizardW (talk) 18:04, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Simpler names for townships

Should these be applied to the municipalities section for townships? ThatOneJerseyDude (talk) 13:24, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]