cbguitarist t1_izg0l03 wrote on December 8, 2022 at 8:57 PM

Hoboken would be your best bet if you are looking to be in NJ. Only select parts of Jersey City can give you a semi-carless experience and even that is an exaggeration.

In general, yes you can make this work and enjoy NYC. However, the path is a nightmare after 10:00 pm on the weekdays and a nightmare the entire weekend. Bus and Lightrail systems are unreliable. Hoboken/ JC dining and nightlife are nothing compared to NYC. Your combined salary could get you a pretty nice apartment in any borough of NYC. I highly recommend living in NYC over NJ for what you are looking for.

Edit: Just noticed your job requires you to live in NJ. Aim for Hoboken.

Wildwilly54 t1_izg1c30 wrote on December 8, 2022 at 9:02 PM

Disagree on this one. While Hoboken is better for not having a car, everything else im reading screams JC. If you’re looking for a liberal / vegan friendly area…. JC trades way over Hoboken.

And not sure if you read their post, but they can’t live in NYC.

cbguitarist t1_izg1xqg wrote on December 8, 2022 at 9:06 PM

Just noticed the can't live in NYC part- made an edit. Thanks for pointing it out!

To each their own. For me, Jersey City really doesn't have much going on for it outside of a pretty fantastic community of people, which is wonderful. Nightlife, restaurants, public transit, and general entertainment are all lacking.

Wildwilly54 t1_izg3ftm wrote on December 8, 2022 at 9:15 PM

No worries!

I totally agree about Hoboken having better nightlife. But Jersey City has a bunch of vegan places etc. Hoboken has a ton of fresh out of college kids and finance bros (I’m a finance bro), from the small info I gathered from OP, sounds like JC is more their speed.