This building looks like American Dream mall before the all-white paint job. Bleech!

Too bad they weren't around for Sharpe James dynasty. He kept Newark a violent wasteland for like 2 decades in order to cover up his and his cronies criminal behavior. They'd be praying for a Mayor like Ras Baraka that actually cares about this city and the people in it like we were back then.

There should have been a "I was born and/or raised but live elsewhere" option.

We call it the Timid Tower because they were too afraid to build it back the way it was. This tower is so boring and uninspiring looking. It's practically irreverent in comparison to its predecessor.

If you're willing to commute from the suburbs towns mentioned before like Montclair, Maplewood, South Orange are really nice (especially if you have children) but you will find a bigger bargain and quicker commute from towns like Rutherford, Lyndhurst, North Arlington and Nutley. These are less ritzy but all are safe, quiet, have a train station or very close to one and dog friendly. You will also still have access to backyards but expect them to be smaller as towns closer to the city have smaller property boundaries. I commute from this area and it only takes me about 30 minutes to get to my office in downtown Jersey City. The things is though if you don't move to JC, Hoboken or Bayonne you will need to purchase an automobile. Its an additional cost but it opens up all of NJ, NY state and beyond for exploration.

In the late 1800s when the Hudson Tubes were first dug, there was barely any underground trains let alone one that was under a river. The local newspapers at the time ridiculed the Tubes and called their creation lunacy and a fool's errand.