Talk:Mercer County, New Jersey
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I think it might be worth noting that Mercer County is considered part of both the New York and Delaware Valley (Philadelphia) metro areas...suburbs extending from the two cities have started to meet there, and the lines between the two metro areas are beginning to blur (and considering the rate at which both metro areas are growing it seems likely that this trend is going to continue.)
No doubt Philadelphia is growing, but in my opinion New York is growing at a faster rate. There does not seem to be an equal push from both metro areas into Mercer. Rather, Philadelphia is likely to push further west and east into less developed, and therefore cheaper areas. There is more of an incentive for New York City (and surrounding areas) to commuter further down (Mercer) or west (Sussex) because the metro area is already incredibly dense. The more logical choice for Philadelphia commuters seems to be the counties west of the western suburbs (Berks) and counties east of the eastern suburbs (Ocean and Atlantic Counties, NJ), where there is still room to develop, unlike the surrounding NYC counties. When I was living in South Jersey (long time ago for sure), there was still a lot of room in Burlington County and certainly plenty of room in Gloucester County. New developments in areas less densely populated tend to have the lowest costs, thereby attracting the flow. I don't see Philadelphia growing in Mercer any more than it already has. Jps57 (talk) 01:06, 25 February 2008 (UTC)jps57
