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i do have a quick question for you anglers out there...
know of any good places to fish? LOL! The hubby is big time when it comes to fishing and I just tag along and go fly fishing too (i'm still somewhat of a newbie). Up here in NW there are lakes and streams galore where you can stop and take out the ol' pole and fish. I wonder if the new home will have any good areas to fish nearby?? There's always the shore to catch the big fish, but anybody know of any lakes or streams where one can fish? I know some are private.
i do have a quick question for you anglers out there...
know of any good places to fish? LOL! The hubby is big time when it comes to fishing and I just tag along and go fly fishing too (i'm still somewhat of a newbie). Up here in NW there are lakes and streams galore where you can stop and take out the ol' pole and fish. I wonder if the new home will have any good areas to fish nearby?? There's always the shore to catch the big fish, but anybody know of any lakes or streams where one can fish? I know some are private.
As for restaurants, I always wanted to try that restaurant near Hollydell Ice Arena on Delsea Drive. Always looked kind of neat, but I've never been there. That's on the other side of Hollydell drive from what used to be a Dairy Queen. I have memories of going there when I was really little.
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The part of Sewell that we're moving to is the one in Washington Township (zip code 08080). I don't know really know the other parts of "Sewell" or the other 2 townships (Mantua and Deptford). I did pass Deptford and saw some stores there, but we didn't really like the home inventory there as much as we did w/ the ones in Washington Township. I just wonder how the area is when it comes to crime and all that. It seems to be a quiet area, but nowadays you just never know. I checked all those things (crime rate and any sex offenders) before making up our mind about the home, but wanted to know more from the people who live in the area or know it very well.
I used to live in Union,NJ and in a way it seems like Sewell is more like Union or the nice towns around it than NW NJ. I'm still here in NW NJ and it's a lot of farms and empty land. There is definitely not a lot to do around here that's one of the reasons why we're moving to another location. If you are a nature lover and love the quiet surroundings...you will definitely love it here, but it's just not where I wanted to set down roots and raise children. The surrounding towns and their school system is not that great (and I heard that from old students and even teachers) and the most "exciting" place around here is either Shoprite or Walmart. It was good for a little bit, but like I said...not for the long run.
I would say NW NJ is unique in the state. I've been through most of Hunterdon, Warren, and some of Sussex counties. It just has a very different feel because of the landscape. NJ has a reputation for being flat (excepting some northern parts of the state, especially NW NJ, of course), and South Jersey is the flattest part of the state. Also, which Union, NJ, do you mean? Wikipedia says there are two, one in Hunterdon and one in Union county.
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As for Deptford, that's the location of the major shopping mall near their. You'll get familiar with it and the hellacious traffic around it soon enough, lol. The nice part about where you are living though is that with so many stores on the main drag in Washington Twp., you can tend to avoid the mall unless you really need to go there.
I used to think the same about driving in Deptford around the mall... then I went to school with my car at Rutgers-New Brunswick. The traffic in Deptford is nothing to me now, lol. You want a mall in NJ with truly hellacious traffic? Try Garden State Plaza in Paramus. When I was at Rutgers, I drove up the parkway there for a date off the internet one Saturday during the Christmas shopping season. Big mistake...
NW NJ is very different. Right now we live in Crystal Springs Resort which is a four season type or resort (golf, ski, water park type of resort). I remember when we first saw the area it was totally different from where we came from (Union, NJ). We have breathtaking views of the mountains (we're actually on the mountain). This is the place to be when you want to go and check out the leaves changing colors during the fall season. If you want peace and quiet...then this is the place to be. The only thing is...it was too peaceful and quiet and nothing to do around here. If you want to go anywhere "fun"...you gotta head out more than half an hour to an hour away. That got old very quick. The community we live in do have more of the older citizens, but we do have a lot of young families here also which is good. Our community right now is really nice...it's just right outside that is not so good.
I grew up in Union, NJ (Union County). Nice area that is close to everything...which is really good. When we were looking for houses though...even my mom told me not to go buy there. I guess the old neighborhood is not the same.
How is the mall in Cherry Hill?? It seems like it's the closest mall to Sewell.
Oh..Garden State Plaza in Paramus?? Fuggedaboutit! One year my husband and I went there to hang out w/ old friends. It took us 1 hour to find parking...and it wasn't during the holiday season. We always pass by there when we're around the area and there is craaaazy traffic in the mall area and outside of it. I seriously don't get what's so nice about that mall. It's definitely not worth waiting an hour to find parking. If I want to go somewhere nice...I'd still hit up Short Hills Mall and there's more malls and stores like that Riverside Mall w/ more of the expensive stores (if that's your thing).
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NW NJ is very different. Right now we live in Crystal Springs Resort which is a four season type or resort (golf, ski, water park type of resort). I remember when we first saw the area it was totally different from where we came from (Union, NJ). We have breathtaking views of the mountains (we're actually on the mountain). This is the place to be when you want to go and check out the leaves changing colors during the fall season. If you want peace and quiet...then this is the place to be. The only thing is...it was too peaceful and quiet and nothing to do around here. If you want to go anywhere "fun"...you gotta head out more than half an hour to an hour away. That got old very quick. The community we live in do have more of the older citizens, but we do have a lot of young families here also which is good. Our community right now is really nice...it's just right outside that is not so good.
I grew up in Union, NJ (Union County). Nice area that is close to everything...which is really good. When we were looking for houses though...even my mom told me not to go buy there. I guess the old neighborhood is not the same.
How is the mall in Cherry Hill?? It seems like it's the closest mall to Sewell.
Oh..Garden State Plaza in Paramus?? Fuggedaboutit! One year my husband and I went there to hang out w/ old friends. It took us 1 hour to find parking...and it wasn't during the holiday season. We always pass by there when we're around the area and there is craaaazy traffic in the mall area and outside of it. I seriously don't get what's so nice about that mall. It's definitely not worth waiting an hour to find parking. If I want to go somewhere nice...I'd still hit up Short Hills Mall and there's more malls and stores like that Riverside Mall w/ more of the expensive stores (if that's your thing).
Here is the deal with Sewell. It's an unincorporated municipality within Mantua. Washington Township was never able to get its own zip code, so it shared its zip codes with the old zip code assigned to Sewell, which is now no longer a place (there is an abandoned Sewell train station that you can find in the area). The two townships are Mantua Township and Washginton Twp.
LOL, Sewell IS a place. Maybe the old train station is abandoned, but you can discover Sewell on your trusty Google map, right there with our wonderful Sewell School, and Sewell Post Office.
I was surprised that, when looking for a Pediatrician in Sewell, I was directed to a place "in Sewell" just a few clicks outside of Turnersville, NJ.
We are in Sewell, Mantua Township, right off Mantua Drive. Can't beat it
But as to the question, Lots of good things to do around the area, including parks (including fishing), shopping and it's convenient to major highways while remaining quite suburban and almost rural... a nice place to raise a family.
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