not so ironic.

same thing happened with me.
crime happens in all neighborhoods.

I've been burglarized in hoboken twice, as well as had my car window smashed (for no apparant reason except some dumb drunk hobokenite had nothing better to do after a night on the town drinking). I rather someone break my window and steal something they actually need!

I think what draws people to the downtown JC area are a couple of things

1) price -> yes, people feel more comfortable in a neighborhood they are paying more to live in (rent or buy). Unfortunately for all those that have purchased recently, get ready to lose money...all those apartment have been overpriced for quite some time now. (good job realtors!)

2) the existence of a starbucks (not sure if anything else draws the yuppie crowd more)

3)demographics/race - unfortunate this day in age, but the race/ethnicity of the majority of residents has given this neighborhood a bad rap. This is not a problem with the neighborhood, it is a problem with people who still can't see through that.

I love the people in lafayette and enjoy all the conversations I have had with them (old, young, white, black, hispanic, whatever). Much better then the crappy conversations in hoboken.