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New Jersey's Little India

When the land use and the economics are in tension

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Addison Del Mastro
Aug 15, 2022
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I recently visited, and wrote about, Edison/Iselin New Jersey’s Oak Tree Road corridor, also known as Little India. Some sources say it’s the largest concentration of Indian and South Asian businesses in the United States. And it’s all concentrated in what just 30 years ago was a worn out corridor of postwar suburban sprawl.

This is something I’ve notice…

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