Well as a former Borough cop, this is something that needed to be done. Maintaining two of everything was financially draining...

Sybarite: In the effort to merge the two Princetons

One, two Princetons kneel before you
That's what I said, now
Princetons, Princetons who adore you
Just go ahead, now

You go to hell and you die.

/Now I have to go find my sister's Spin Doctors tape.

We're planning a campus visit there with our son in a few weeks

Sybarite: One, two Princetons kneel before you
That's what I said, now
Princetons, Princetons who adore you
Just go ahead, now

I hate you and your earworm-y ways.

Sybarite (favorite: The Muslims don't skate and the Baptists don't rock and roll) 2011-11-09 10:22:34 AM

The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves: [theboard.byu.edu image 280x436]

I was beginning to think that everyone was asleep here.

Is Magic Johnson submitting to fark now?

God--: Well as a former Borough cop, this is something that needed to be done. Maintaining two of everything was financially draining...

Agreed. I've been in the Boro for 16 years and I've never heard a convincing arguement for the separation. It always seemed to boil down to Boro residents wanting to feel superior to Twp residents for (insert inane reason), and Twp residents feeling superior to Boro residents for (insert equally inane reason).

Then again... I can walk to Haven and Halo Pub from my house, so I guess that does make me better than most Twp folks ;)

Yo dawg, I heard you liked Princeton, so I took a Princeton and put it in another Princeton and now you got Princeton in your Princeton.

I had expected them to form Princetron.

Heeeerrreee we are!
Born to be kings
We're the Princetons of the universe!

Now if only East Windsor and Hightstown would merge. That was the most retarded shiat ever when I was living up there....

Sweet, now the gangs in the borough have a bigger territory!

/Princeton's dirty secrets

PassTheProzac: God--: Well as a former Borough cop, this is something that needed to be done. Maintaining two of everything was financially draining...

Agreed. I've been in the Boro for 16 years and I've never heard a convincing arguement for the separation. It always seemed to boil down to Boro residents wanting to feel superior to Twp residents for (insert inane reason), and Twp residents feeling superior to Boro residents for (insert equally inane reason).

Then again... I can walk to Haven and Halo Pub from my house, so I guess that does make me better than most Twp folks ;)

I hate you so much right now

I live in one of the five streets that makes up Glen Ridge, so I'm getting a kick right now

Ah, the doughnut town, another reason why New Jersey needs it's own FARK tag.

It just makes sense to consolidate to cut down on expenses, but the folks who are in these jobs that will be eliminated will have to be dragged from their posts kicking and screaming.

Doktor_Zhivago: PassTheProzac: God--: Well as a former Borough cop, this is something that needed to be done. Maintaining two of everything was financially draining...

Agreed. I've been in the Boro for 16 years and I've never heard a convincing arguement for the separation. It always seemed to boil down to Boro residents wanting to feel superior to Twp residents for (insert inane reason), and Twp residents feeling superior to Boro residents for (insert equally inane reason).

Then again... I can walk to Haven and Halo Pub from my house, so I guess that does make me better than most Twp folks ;)

I hate you so much right now

What he said.

/saltpepperoregano?

You're next, Bordentown City.

grumpygrouper: Yo dawg tiger, I heard you liked Princeton, so I took a Princeton and put it in another Princeton and now you got Princeton in your Princeton.

FTFY (YD,WHYLFSIFYFWAF.)

/what is it with NJ and all the boros and twps?

Princeton? (Grrrr)

- Sideshow Bob

MBooda: grumpygrouper: Yo dawg tiger, I heard you liked Princeton, so I took a Princeton and put it in another Princeton and now you got Princeton in your Princeton.

FTFY (YD,WHYLFSIFYFWAF.)
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/what is it with NJ and all the boros and twps?

+1 internets sir

Sybarite: In the effort to merge the two Princetons

One, two Princetons kneel before you
That's what I said, now
Princetons, Princetons who adore you
Just go ahead, now

Forget the haters. Bra-vo!

/I ain't got no future or family tree.

RminusQ: Not to be confused, of course, with Princeton Junction (which is actually in West Windsor)

Between Pigsley and Hooterville?

MBooda: RminusQ: Not to be confused, of course, with Princeton Junction (which is actually in West Windsor)

Between Pigsley and Hooterville?
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Huh huh, you said 'hooter'

Fluid: I had expected them to form Princetron.

Bravo.

Fluid: I had expected them to form Princetron.

Coffee! All over monitor!

booger42: Princeton? (Grrrr)

- Sideshow Bob

Sideshow Bob: "Oh, come now! You wanted to be Krusty's sidekick since you were 5! What about the buffoon lessons? The four years at Clown College?"

Cecil: "I'll thank you not to refer to Princeton that way!"

Princeton Boro + Princeton Township = 2Princeton+Boro+Township, so it should be "2Princeton Boro Township"

Maybe not. I sucked at algebra.

/grew up just down the road from the Princetons.

I grew up in northern NJ, and my grandparents lived in Mendham Boro for 35 years, so getting a kick. Seriously, I never understood why so many towns were separated like that.

redswingline:
/saltpepperoregano?

/saltpepperketchup

Cybernetic: Damn. I haven't had Halo Farms ice cream in a long, long time. I hope it's still awesome.

Pistachio with just enough buttery vanilla to hold together all the enormous whole pistachio nuts. Beyond awsome.

Was really cool that they mentioned Pahaquarry Twp.

/ not there anymore
// beautiful scenery and hiking

greenlady1: I grew up in northern NJ, and my grandparents lived in Mendham Boro for 35 years, so getting a kick. Seriously, I never understood why so many towns were separated like that.

I grew up in a one square mile "Township" in Bergen County. NJ has more municipalities than California. Most of these Podunk towns were created 100 years ago when the state was gripped by a phenomenon known as Boroughitis (new window) These towns were created to provide gov jobs on the basis of nepotism and political patronage. NJ cops and teachers receive some of the best compensation packages in the USA. Actually NJ cops are the best paid in the entire country. See here: Link (new window) For this reason NJ has the highest property tax rates in the US.

I'm hoping that the recent Princeton merger will set a trend in NJ and we can get rid of these one-square-mile-wonders. I'm not holding out a lot of hope. Most of these municipal workers making $150K per year would be hard pressed to duplicate their salaries out in the private sector. They'll put up a bloody fight before they allow this to happen.

JJRRutgers: Ah, the doughnut town, another reason why New Jersey needs it's own FARK tag.

It just makes sense to consolidate to cut down on expenses, but the folks who are in these jobs that will be eliminated will have to be dragged from their posts kicking and screaming.

The problem is it would have to be an 'Megalopolis' tag, since a continuous strip from Baltimore to Boston has these same issues.

/Not including Washington DC because they have Congress making an extra-special brand of stupid there

RminusQ:Worth noting is that unlike any other state (except possibly Delaware and Connecticut), there's no "unincorporated territory" in New Jersey. No matter where you are in the state, you're always in some specific town/borough/township/city/village.

Bergen County alone has about 70 towns. One of them is in three pieces, and another has a double-digit population.

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South Hackensack and Teterboro.

The borders of Berlin Borough and Berlin Township were drawn to maximize the numbers of Republicans in the borough and Democrats in the township. Tavistock and Pine Valley are essentially golf courses plus a few houses, incorporated as boroughs to escape the tyranny of local blue laws or booze laws. It's impossible to drive from some neighborhoods in Pennsauken to other parts of the township without crossing into another municipality; same goes for a couple of apartment complexes in Maple Shade. Yes, it's a fun state.

Rude Turnip: Sweet, now the gangs eating clubs in the borough have a bigger territory!

/Princeton's dirty secrets

Guttenberg, NJ consists of a high-rise apartment complex and a couple of adjacent streets.