East Rutherford, NJ

East Rutherford is a Bergen County borough with an outsized regional role because of the Meadowlands. It is home to American Dream, one of the largest shopping and entertainment complexes in the United States, and sits beside the sports venues used by the New York Giants and Jets. Public school students through eighth grade attend the East Rutherford School District. The borough itself is compact, but its identity is shaped by highways, rail, marshland, stadium traffic, and the constant pull of nearby New York City.