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Little of the Californian BS about schools, either. If you move into a well-run town, you’ll have good schools, and you can generally rent something OK for cheaper than in San Diego. It doesn’t matter where you live in town — there’s generally one high school and one district only, though grade schools might be different.
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When were you last in a NJ school? More BS there than here, in my opinion. And the per student cost, for example, at West Morris Mendham was 200% of that for Torrey Pines (last I checked) with significantly lower SAT scores(for 2013 – WMM = 1693, CCA = 1818). Average SAT scores (not a great indicator, but the only apples to apples I can think of) are virtually identical for NJ as a whole vs CA, even though the median household income is roughly $10,000 more in NJ. NJ residents love patting themselves on the back about their schools – in my opinion they are paying an enormous amount for administrative overhead and assuming that the kids are doing better because of it.
