Morris County's Appeal to New Yorkers

A commuter rail boom in the New York and Newmove to Morris County also find jobs here, and are
Jersey has enabled many professionals in the area toable to confine their relationship with New York and
live further from the big city. One of the placesNew Jersey to weekend visits.
they're moving is Morris County, New Jersey, a groupMorris County's uncrowded layout is another reason
of historic small towns 20 miles to the west. Settledfor its popularity. The county has less than 500,000
more than 300 years ago, the area offers aresidents spread across more than 1,247 km and
well-established, attractive residential base, and soliddozens of communities, which compares nicely to the
property investment potential. Morris County includesurban sprawl of millions per square mile just to the
more than 30 municipalities, and a wide variety ofeast. Morris County's low density has put it in high
charming unincorporated areas. Homes here are oftendemand with wealthy buyers - it's the sixth
beautifully restored Victorian and Colonial-era buildingswealthiest county in the Nation by median household
dating back to the early 20th century, which add toincome, and tenth by per capita income.
an already high quality of life in this attractive area.Affluence with a taste for old world charm is part of
Big City professionals also know Morris County for itsthe reason many of Morris County's older homes
wide variety of Fortune 500 headquarters, offices,here have been carefully preserved. A wide variety
and major facilities. Companies with operations hereof old mansions have also been converted into
include AT&T, Honeywell, Bayer and Wyeth, BASF,museums, art studios, and schools. When visitors
Novartis, Exxon, and Colgate-Palmolive - good newscome to Morris County, they make a point of
for anyone who wants to avoid the daily commutechecking out heritage buildings like Acorn Hall in
to their corporate office job. Many professionals whoMorristown, which dates back to 1853.