Ah, the suburbs. Behold the American dream of the 1950s and 60s, which gave rise to shopping malls, too. Of course, now shopping malls are becoming zombie malls and because people are marrying and having children later in life younger people are lately drawn to living back in urban areas like Jersey City again.
But the suburban appeal is still there for many, and HGTV recently named America’s hottest suburbs. A town in Union County was among them.
This caught my eye since I was born and raised in Union County. My first thought was, ‘could it be my hometown of Rahway?’ Certainly not when I lived there, but then they went through a renaissance with a downtown district revival, including the Union County Performing Arts Center and a bar and restaurant scene that has been very attractive.
But no, it’s not Rahway.…