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What Would You Build in Middletown?

We asked Patch readers what they would build or fix in Middletown with $1 million. Here's what you said.

Middletown, NJ - Earlier this week, Middletown Patch asked our Facebook readers what they would build or fix in town if they were given $1 million.

Readers from across the area responded with answers varying from new playgrounds, renovated high schools and improved hospitals.

Also early this week, U.S. News and World Report released its list of the Top 10 Children’s Hospitals Across the Country. The hospitals were ranked in terms of “clinical outcomes,” “efficient coordination of care,” and “care-related resources.”

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The publication periodically releases lists regarding the best schools in the country as well as most livable cities. Many of the things that make a town or city ‘livable’ are resources and public spaces i.e. good schools, roads, parks, libraries, etc. Not surprisingly, these were many of the things readers said they would build or fix in their town if granted $1 million to do so.

Here’s what your neighbors said they would build in Middletown:

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  • "If I had $1 million I would build my mother-in-laws house. Our house was destroyed in Sandy. She has worked so hard for this, and she deserves to finally relax."
  • "Create a town center with a Main Street and ask for more money to finish it."
  • "The school system: hire teachers, implement music and stem programs that are monitored and make them successful."
  • "Fix and repair neighbors' houses."

What would you build or renovate in Middletown if you had $1 million? Let us know on our Facebook page.

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