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Oak Tree Road, Edison/Iselin
(New Jersey)
Ask NOT what You Can Buy on Oak Tree Road in Edison/Iselin, New Jersey. Rather ask yourself, what you CANNOT buy on Oak Tree Road.
A shopping paradise for Asian Indians living in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Oak Tree Road offers something for everybody.
Be it cheap air tickets to India, eyebrow threading for the Gujju teenager, DVD rentals for the Bollywood addict, choice of restaurants for the hungry, desi groceries and fresh vegetables for the harried housewife, glittering jewelry for the bride, Tamil movies for the Madrasi, pooja items for the devout, Dunkin Donuts Coffee for the Caffeine-addicted, or yummy Rosgollas for the sweet-toothed, Oak Tree Road has them all. And much more.
The main Oak Tree Road strip for Indians extends from the intersection of Middlesex Avenue & Oak Tree Road up to the Sugar Tree Plaza beyond the Dunkin Donuts outlet. Sandwiched in this mile-long strip is a cornucopia of eating joints serving both South Indian and North Indian fare.
The growth of Oak Tree Road as a Desi shopping utopia is not new and has been several years in the making.
The growth of businesses catering to Asian Indians has brought traffic and parking problems, irking the local community members, some of whom have been living in the area for decades.
Anyone visiting Oak Tree Road can also see Desis jaywalking merrily without any thought to the traffic on the road. Add to that lack of cleanliness on Oak Tree Road and you have the local community at war with the predominantly Asian Indian Business community.
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