The Worst Places To Live In NJ? (Newark, Jersey City: condo, house)

[DLK55]

I haven't lived in Mercer County for years but Trenton gets my vote, simply because it's a whole lot of ugly in a pretty small area. More than 10,000 people per square mile in a dot of a city, primarily low income, drugs, prostitution, apathetic police and your choice of gangs. It's somewhat unique because it's a wart on an otherwise nice area. Newark, Paterson, Passaic, they're all up by NYC and some overflow can be expected. Trenton stands alone.

I remember reading how they had built a Marriott Hotel there in an attempt to help make it a "destination" and not long after it was completed someone took a 2x4 to the head right outside.

Camden is another area that has been a pit for years now. I'd throw in Atlantic City as well, at least when I was still in NJ. I remember driving down there for a show and we took a wrong turn. We drove through an area where we were basically waiting for someone to carjack us.

[STrapani1105]

No, the worst in North Jersey is Union City, West New York, North Bergen, Guttenburg, and parts of Jersey City (not the whole city, as some parts of JC are very nice).

the worst in all of New Jersey are probably the areas in South Jersey. Trenton has bad parts, but Camden is way worse. Camden is disgusting compared to places that people think are bad up here, like Newark. No offense to South Jerseyans.

Newark isn't even all bad. Some of the projects on the southside of town are hideous, and maybe parts on the eastside. I think the Ironbound gets a bad rap, it's not the nicest of places, but still, it's not the worst.

East Orange and Irvington get bad raps too. They have some gritty parts, they jsut have very large African-American populations which is why other people consider them to be ghettos.

[ez2do4now]

Originally Posted by Hgal

LOL.. this is funny. My husband (a NJ native) and I (from Southern OC in Cali) were just arguing about this. Coming from CA, NJ was and still is very hard to take in. I am yet to see a city, town or neighboorhood as appealing as Orange County CA. It's so ugly here in the winter...and people are so not friendly. It's like everyone expects everyone to be mean, so everyone is mean. It's nuts... anyway, sorry dont mean to bash NJ...but hey I am from CA and ther is NO place like it! Hard to live anywhere else... but I'm trying it out! So wish me luck, I need it! LOL

I totally understand your perspective because my brother lives in Irvine (off Jamboree exit), Orange County, CA. It is a beautiful place because it went major development less than 15yrs ago. Many companies and businesses were established nearby and the job opportunities created a massive suburban sprawling mushroom of new highways infrastructures, upscale and affordable (at the time) housing developments, parks, malls, etc.

Having lived in NY before, I find NJ wonderful ..... I am sure you will grow into it.

[JerseyCity201]

Originally Posted by STrapani1105

No, the worst in North Jersey is Union City, West New York, North Bergen, Guttenburg, and parts of Jersey City (not the whole city, as some parts of JC are very nice).

the worst in all of New Jersey are probably the areas in South Jersey. Trenton has bad parts, but Camden is way worse. Camden is disgusting compared to places that people think are bad up here, like Newark. No offense to South Jerseyans.

Newark isn't even all bad. Some of the projects on the southside of town are hideous, and maybe parts on the eastside. I think the Ironbound gets a bad rap, it's not the nicest of places, but still, it's not the worst.

East Orange and Irvington get bad raps too. They have some gritty parts, they jsut have very large African-American populations which is why other people consider them to be ghettos.

How do you consider Union City, West New York, North Bergen, and Guttenburg to be the worst in North Jersey? All those places have crime below national average. Then you say Irvington gets a bad rap when it comes second to Camden in crime. Places you didnt mention like Orange, Paterson, Passaic and Plainfield are worst then the Northern Hudson County cities you named.

Here are the stats for Union City and West New York notice the crime levels are below national average. North Bergen and Guttenberg have even less crime then these two cities.
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Here is Irvington tell me if you honestly think it is getting a bad rap after you look at this.
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Here are some of the places you didnt mention.
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[SEXYBUTCLASSIE]

Originally Posted by dhanu86

9 times out of 10 whose from the south? are u talking jersey in general? u dont say hello in newark, u say sup mawfaka I live in north newark but want to near edison or somewhere u can have fun outside. Look at the bright side, u and ur fiance and saving lots of money, eventually u can buy somewhere nicer.

A lot of older peolple that I come across are from the south. I don't say wht's up to people cause I don't know them. Saying hello is much better in passing or goodmorning. Whtever time of the day it is, it could be cause I'm older so wht's up not in my vocab.... So please don't try to attack me, ure opinion is ure's and mine is mine. Thank you peace

[SEXYBUTCLASSIE]

Originally Posted by Hgal

Oh by the way I live in Edison... It's so-so. A lot of people from India though..really weird..what's up with that anyway? I mean, I am not trying to be mean. This is the "melting pot", right? But there are just tons of them here, everywhere I turn. And most of them do not use deoderant and are so rude. Especially the woman... (poor guys! LOL) But no really, there has got to be some sort of explanation or "big bang" theory, on how so many came to be here in NJ, right?? ...Sorry..again more curious than anything....just not used to it...Oh and where are all the Starbucks? And whats with the whole love thing over Dunkin DOnuts? It's like drinking hot water. yucky!

For the young lady who's from CA, hey it is a big difference to move from cross country like that. But u need to give it a chance, Edison is the Surburbs not the ghetto. So ure living in a good town where the police are out 24/7 not really letting crime go on you feel me. Now me I'm from Newark born and raised, but im not hood, mean or ghetto. I'm only that when i have to be that comes out, but I'm nice other then that. People look at me crazy when I say goodmorning or hello in passing cause their not use to that. Only the olderly people respond cause 9 tmes out of ten their from the south, so thats normal to them. Now i live in North Newark, which is a lot of Spanish. This is way out of my element, but my Fiance moved us here I like the place but not the neighborhood much. As far as the Indi's thats just their culture as far as the funkyness goes, it's nothing new to Jerzey folks... But good luck to u, wish u the best. Peace!

[Jose Fernandez]

Originally Posted by JimmyLane

Jersey City, drug/crime infested
Union City, drug/crime
Paterson (a real dump) drug den
Passaic/Clifton more drugs/crime
Kearny/Nutley - shabby middle class neighborhoods
Bloomfield/Newark intersection
Montclair, drugs/crime---Orange Road area, especially (not Upper)
Morristown, shabby parts
North Bergen - another big dump
Bergenfield, drug infested
Hackensack
parts of Teaneck
Lodi
Little Ferry

Jimmy Lane, where are you coming from??? Other than Jersey City, Paterson, Passaic, and maybe Union city, all the towns you mentioned are well below the state crime average. I think maybe you need to move to Canada or something. Get in your ride and visit some real scary "hoods". Newark, Camden, Irvington, Orange, Plainfield, Millville, Inner Vineland, Bridgeton, Asbury PK, Atlantic City, JC, Paterson, Passaic, WNY, New Brunswick, East Orange, Union City, Lakewood, Neptune and so on and so forth>

[Jose Fernandez]

Originally Posted by jstar41

btw add Harrison to the list.. lol

Harrison is full of Portugese and Italians and Brazilians. One of the more peaceful towns in NJ. Get your facts straight!

[STrapani1105]

Originally Posted by Jose Fernandez

Harrison is full of Portugese and Italians and Brazilians. One of the more peaceful towns in NJ. Get your facts straight!

Jose is right. despite Harrison's close proximity to some bad areas, it is actually a pretty safe town. Very cool town, I always take the Path train into the city from Harrison, that's how safe it is. I leave my car there all day.

[Jose Fernandez]

Originally Posted by mbrown29

Are you talking about Harrison next to Kearny?
If so, WOW- I never thought about Harrison being on the list.....I grew up in Harrsion about 10 yrs ago. and had my high school reunion there and I never would of thought the town had changed.
But I guessed with time and people moving from Newark to Harrison, things were going to change for the worse.

Don't listen to this clown, Harrison is still the same ol' nice little town you knew back then. Trust me, I'm in law enforcement in Hudson County and Harrison, East Newark, Secaucus Weehawken and Kearny are the only decent towns in HC.