New Jersey 565 municipalities and property taxes

[Suburbia]

New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation, this is not new.

People from ages 45+ try to sell their suburban Jersey homes to move to FL, NC, PA, GA, AZ, CA, where it may be warmer.

Most property taxes go to Jersey schools, which is the best in America.

But what do you think of the 565 municipalities in New Jersey?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfLAx546-i0&t=146s

https://patch.com/new-jersey/pointpleasant/every-nj-towns-2018-property-tax-bill-newly-released-list

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_New_Jersey

[The Arizonan]

Why does a small state (in terms of area) like New Jersey have so many municipalities?

[Figueira]

Why does a small state (in terms of area) like New Jersey have so many municipalities?

I don't know the answer to this, but here's a map that can shed some light: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_New_Jersey#/media/File:Map_of_New_Jersey_municipalities.svg

Looks like a combination of town centers being their own municipality, and suburbs being divided into really tiny municipalities for some reason.

[hurricanehink]

Why does a small state (in terms of area) like New Jersey have so many municipalities?

New  Jersey, being so close to Philadelphia and New York, has long been populated. In the late 1800s however, there was a phenomena called boroughitis, where local communities wanted more say in local schooling, and so many of today’s municipalities were created. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boroughitis

[Progressive Pessimist]

Why does a small state (in terms of area) like New Jersey have so many municipalities?

New  Jersey, being so close to Philadelphia and New York, has long been populated. In the late 1800s however, there was a phenomena called boroughitis, where local communities wanted more say in local schooling, and so many of today’s municipalities were created. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boroughitis

You beat me to it! I was just about to link that until I noticed that you did.

[Mr. Matt]

Why does a small state (in terms of area) like New Jersey have so many municipalities?

I don't know the answer to this, but here's a map that can shed some light: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_New_Jersey#/media/File:Map_of_New_Jersey_municipalities.svg

Looks like a combination of town centers being their own municipality, and suburbs being divided into really tiny municipalities for some reason.

Also, the small municipalities don't want to give up their own home rule (re:traffic cops) so they'll never merge with their surrounding township save for Princeton in 2012.

(dumb trivia, I created that map on Wikipedia)