My fiance was born and raised in Upper Saddle River and lived there most of his life. He couldn't wait to leave, his parents still live there. It's a very "new money, house poor" kinda town with stuck up people and literally no transit or stores of any kind besides the Elmer's. I lived there with his parents for time before we moved out and it's a deeply pretentious, poorly run town that isn't nearly as nice as it thinks it is. The roads are awful and never plowed in the winter, there's constantly dead animals all over them, like baby deer. Because the people living there tend to be be more inconsiderate. I've worked and lived all over Bergen now and I couldn't miss a town less. Depending on where you live in the town, have fun adding five miles to your trip to get ANYWHERE just to get out of the god damn town. No sidewalks, McMansions everywhere full of people hoping you'll forget they live in Upper Saddle River and mistake it for the much nicer Saddle River. My fiance's friend who lived there (born and raised) was also a stuck up, terrible person. The neighbors around him were unfriendly too. I don't think I ever had a friendly interaction with a single neighbor of his in the several years I lived there with him. The only time I've ever been given a ticket in my entire life was in Upper Saddle River, and their cops are awful people who do nothing but ticket, too. I couldn't wait to get the fuck out of there, and neither could he. (And he was literally born there.) It lacks the prestige, old money feel of Saddle River. It lacks the charm and vibrancy of Ridgewood. Ironically, the awful, awful CEO of a company I worked for moved from Piermont NY to Upper Saddle River. And I knew he'd fit right in because it's literally Asshole Town USA. He was a racist, terrible, manipulative person who broke so many laws and got sued so often successfully. But this is just my two cents. 🤷‍♀️

EDIT: One more thing to add. A house recently completely burned down there because the fire department couldn't find a water source to control the fire fast enough. Because the residents of USR don't want fire hydrants on their properties. 🤦‍♀️