Hoboken is 34th largest city/township/village in NJ out of 565 total

[Justice]

Two points -

A. Christie's camp keeps marginalizing Hoboken when talking about Sandy relief -- small square mile. However, from a POPULATION/DENSITY/ECONOMIC standpoint, Hoboken is significant city in New Jersey

2010 census - compare Hoboken with Trenton b/c capital)

#34 Hoboken, 50,000 residents. 1.24 square miles. 40,788 people per square mile

#10 Trenton, 85,000 residents. about 8 square miles 11,033 people per square mile

Just saying the difference between #10 and #34 is 35,000 people.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_New_Jersey

http://www.city-data.com/city/Trenton-New-Jersey.html

http://www.city-data.com/city/Hoboken-New-Jersey.html

B. Hoboken, like Fort Lee, Jersey City gateway to New York City/commuters to NYC.

No offense, but people don't want to live in Trenton, they want to live in and around Hoboken. Look at home values, median income, unemployment - by any measure Hoboken is doing significantly better than Trenton. Just saying that it is wrong to marginalize Hoboken because of its geographic size. I can understand real concerns about building on the river - the soccer field built on the river collapsed (some developers wanted to put a building there). Parts of Frank Sinatra Drive have collapsed. The infrastructure is older, but things are not always rebuilt by developers as they should be.

[Jersey Devil]

1. Hoboken, birthplace of baseball, Elysian Fields

On 19 June 1846, the first officially recorded, organized baseball match was played under Alexander Joy Cartwright's rules on Hoboken's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired.

http://www.hobokenbaseball.com/

Hoboken is a very trendy town just across from lower Manhattan. It is less than a mile from the Lincoln Tunnel and has a ferry to lower Manhattan. It is almost directly across from the Empire State Building.

[monmouth3]

2. If I were ever to leave Florida to head back north Hoboken/Bayonne would be my destination. Of

course I would need to win the lottery or meet mr. right with a potload of money, but still. It's wonderful up there and so close to New York. Oh well, I can dream..

[Jersey Devil]

3. It's funny how things go round

My Dad was born in Hoboken and moved up to Bergen County from Hudson (West New York) to escape to the suburbs. Now my son has a condo in Hoboken and it has enjoyed a rebirth as a very lively and culturally rich place to live. Hoboken is THE place to live for young adults in New Jersey.

[monmouth3]

4. Good for your son. I looked at some of the apartments online...beautiful!!