Thread: Visited Hoboken yesterday(good friends moved there) and I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised. DH and I are...

yup, live here and love it. glad you enjoyed your time here!

I have a couple of friends there with small kids and they love it. I don't think the school options are great, but you have time to worry about that.

Moved here 7 years ago, now have 2 kids (1yo and 3yo). I love it, but it isn't the same as living in Manhattan. Not in a bad way, but anyone who tries to sell you on "oh, it's just like being in the city..." isn't being honest. Some things are better: more for your money, housing-wise, slightly slower pace), some things aren't (fewer school options, can't take a cab home from the city, if your ...

what are you doing for schools?

We are actually transferring out of the area for work, so won't be an issue for us, but we would likely be doing private.

Love it love it love it. Have 2 kids ages 1 and 4. Sending older kid to public preschool here (free and good). For elementary not sure yet but charter schools are excellent and hearing good things about the public elementary esp. Wallace. Great sense of community. New mayor and board of ed members + increasingly active parents = things are looking up for education. There's a yahoo group -- ...

I didn't think there was a supermarket in Hoboken, is that accurate?

and isn't the town bankrupt? property taxes are insane.

No -- there's a very large shoprite and an A&P, plus a Target and a larger A&P less than a mile away

but you need a car to get to those. you can't walk over to a supermarket, right? it's all bodegas or cvs