Townspeople differ widely in economic circumstances and in the value of their homes, but jointly they have given Teaneck a single pleasant aspect of a trim, colonial, tailored town on the Hackensack River's east bank. Democracy is inherent in the community's major public shaper of the pleasant life. Its public Recreation Department, headed for 18 years by Richard Rodda, for example, in its vast program it sponsors a Retired Men's Club. Members include a couple of millionaires and some retired railroad workers. When he gets home to Mildred St., singer Pat Boone spends a lot of time with his Little League ball team.
Residents are high in the ranks of the arts, sports and industry.
Its high schools were first in the state teach aviation back in 1932. Juvenile misconduct is at a minimum, local government is largely harmonious and intergroup relations are devoid of racial or religious bias. All public services are modem and efficient. Hence, no gaudy billboards, no road-stands. Parks and playgrounds take up 20 percent of total area.