[Question_Assumptions]

Absolutely. The one word that my Depression-era relatives who grew up in Jersey City keep mentioning because it's in such short supply these days is "nice". Not in the "be nice and tolerate everything" sense but in the people dressed well and women being able to walk home alone from Journal Square without an escourt in safety "nice" -- as in "a nice place to live".

[jjm2111]

I used to live in JC. Journal Square is much better than it used to be. Where this poor lady got attacked isn't, however.