[Crawford]

Lakewood is the fastest growing place in NJ specifically because of Orthodox and Hasidic newcomers, mostly from Brooklyn and other more expensive areas in the tri-state.

With their large families, long-term growth is guaranteed.

And Lakewood is yet another example of the outdated Jewish stereotype. Everyone thinks of Jews as progressive, professional, educated, upper middle class to wealthy. Of course this exists, but is no longer the predominant norm in the NYC area. Super-high birthrates among Orthodox/Hasids and intermarriage/secularism among Reform Jews (and to a lesser extent, Conservative Jews) has remade the population.

In Brooklyn alone, there are 100,000 students in Jewish schools, almost all of them Orthodox or Hasidic. Something like 1 in 10 NYC school-age children are enrolled in Jewish schools. The suburban enclaves are overflow from this population expansion.