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The Farming Towns Are Becoming The New Suburban Metropolises

I live in Marlton New Jersey, a large suburban community in Southern New Jersey. This town was known for all of the great seasonal fruits and vegetables it produced during it farming era. I remember driving through Marlton on our way back from the shore, we would stop off at a local fruit stand and get some of the best white corn on the cob, sweet peaches, and the Jersey tomatoes this was how New Jersey became known as the Garden State. Now as each year passes it becomes harder to find these fruit stands that once lined the road, the farms have been sold and turned into housing developments or shopping centers. My house is on a half acre of land that used to be owned by a farmer, who owned 300 acres of land that have now become a secluded residential development.

The Quakers formed this town in 1688 and named in Evesham after a township in England. Evesham was a farming town as were most towns during that tome period, the original name was changed to Marlton around 1845. The ground in Marlton is made up of mostly Marl which is a natural mix of green clay and shell that became popular for use as a fertilizer. Over the last 30 years Marlton has transformed into a one of the most desirable community to live and work in Southern New Jersey as many of the farms have been sold to developers. The developers then built amazing new residential developments and many upscale shopping developments. This growth has resulted in the population of the town doubling during this 30-year period.

I moved to Marlton in 1995, I felt so proud that I was moving into a large upscale middle class white-collar neighborhood that had many new families. I grew up in small blue-collar town where most everyone knew everyone where Marlton is the opposite it is made of mostly white-collar workers in fact over a third of the people are employed in executive, managerial, or a professional capacity according to Marlton Economic Advisory Commission (MEDAC). Maple Shade is...

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