“As in other “sanctuaries”, the foreigners are being trafficked here to prevent ghost towns.”
MY buddy said the same thing. To prevent ghost towns and the resulting ghettoization, Ridgewood seems to by trying high taxes t keep out the riffraff and attract higher incomes. Seems to be working. The local hospital is said to be tripling in size and many doctors are moving in.
That’s a perfect example; many towns in NJ had big employers that left, and there is simply no demand for housing when jobs are further and further away (or non-existent).
Another tactic used in towns less wealthy than Ridgewood is simply banning overnight street parking; the three trafficked families that rent a single-family home from an absentee landlord can’t deal with that.