John Bendall owner of Re/Max Classic Group is proud to announce Hillsborough, Readington, and Berkeley Heights are among Americas Best Places to Live.

Ask anyone at Re/Max Classic Group and they’d be sure to tell you that our area is one of the best to live in, turns out a lot of people agree.  Money magazine has just released it’s Top 100 List of Best Places to Live and Hillsborough, Readington, and Berkeley Heights have all made the list!

Some of the criteria Money Magazine used to compile the list included population size, education, crime rates, income, cost of living, health care, racial diversity, ease of living, and arts and leisure opportunities.  Here’s what they had to say about Hillsborough, Readington, and Berkeley Heights;

Hillsborough

Population: 41,100
Median home price (2006): N/A
Average property taxes (2006): $8,536

Situated about 13 miles from both Princeton and New Brunswick and 25 miles from Trenton, bucolic Hillsborough Township and the surrounding area were first explored by the Dutch in the middle 17th century. Today, the town’s many parks – including one with four baseball diamonds and three soccer fields – play host to activities for children and adults alike. Residents have waged legal battles to keep the area from being overdeveloped, and about half the township is open space or farmland. Highly-rated schools add to the attraction.

Berkeley Heights
Population: 14,000
Median home price (2006): $590,762
Average property taxes (2006): $9,418

As the home of Bell Laboratories, the inventor of the touch-tone telephone and the laser, you’d expect Berkeley Heights to be on the cutting edge. And in some ways it is. This north Jersey township is home to the 85 household Free Acres community, which pays its local taxes in a lump sum, not per household. But the township still maintains a traditional charm. Its charming downtown along Springfield Avenue features a number of shops, pizzerias and a memorial dedicated to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Readington
Population: 19,000
Median home price (2006): $484,525
Average property taxes (2006): $7,775

While it’s a ways from New York and Philadelphia, jobs in Readington are plentiful. Pharmaceutical giant Merck has its global headquarters there, as does Chubb, a major insurer. Despite all this economic activity, Readington is a far cry from the dirty industrial landscape to its east. It boasts scenic vistas and lots of forestland, and it’s even home to a large hot air balloon festival every July. Readington’s natural beauty and small-town feel so close to high-paying jobs have made it an attractive – and expensive – East coast enclave.

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