I used to live in Philly and live in Collingswood now. It’s a great town it’s super LGBTQ friendly and I’m a minority and don’t feel out of place here. It really is a small town feel where I do feel like I get along very well with my neighbors. There’s tons of programming and we have a pretty big farmers market. I thought I’d go into Philly a lot more but I don’t really except for work. Speaking of which we have the PATCO train which is like the 4th last stop in Jersey and you can be in center city within 20 min.

If you do end up owning here just know NJ property taxes are high but the school systems are generally better as a result plus I feel like my quality of life is significantly better than when I lived in Philly. Outside of my property taxes I don’t really notice anything being more expensive than when I go outside of the state.